“Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.” PeopleSometimesCharacterChallengesIndependentScriptsCompelling Author:Brittany Snow
“I'm always sitting down and talking to people that are doing independent features. It depends on the project and the quotient of the people that are involved. There are a lot of different reasons [to do something], like a particular script that resonates with me, in a particular way. It may not so much even be about the part, but what the script has to say.” PeopleWayMayDifferentReasonTalkingParticularDependsInvolvedProjectsSittingDown AndIndependentScriptsFeaturesSitting Down Author:Jimmy Smits
“In some ways, many of the skills you have as a producer on independent films also apply to making big tentpole films: You surround yourself with a brilliant director, great script and talented people in every department who are smarter than you.” PeopleWayBigsFilmDirectorsSkillsIndependentScriptsBrilliantProducersDepartmentSurroundSmarterSurround YourselfIndependent Film Author:David Heyman
“On the set of an independent film you can tell that nobody is doing it for the money. Everyone is there because they love the script. A smaller budget sort of unifies everyone; it's a real team effort and that's amazing. But these opportunities just don't present themselves that often for me, so basically any chance I get to do something different I jump on it.” DifferentRealFilmOpportunityChanceEffortTeamIndependentScriptsBudgetsIndependent FilmTeam Effort Author:Will Ferrell
“I did a film called The Jesuit, which was an independent film. I did that shortly after Mistresses. I was still feeling soft and I was nursing, but it was a character I'd never played before. That was a Paul Schrader script, with an up-and-coming Mexican director, named Alfonso Ulloa. That has Tim Roth and Paz Vega in it, and I enjoyed that, as well.” WellsStillsCharacterFeelingsFilmDirectorsIndependentScriptsEnjoyedMexicanMistressVegasNursingIndependent FilmJesuit Author:Shannyn Sossamon
“Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.” RunningFilmInterestingIndependentGood ThingsScriptsIndependent Film Author:William H. Macy
“Most of my movies are indies. The best scripts I can find are independent films. But I love big-budget movies, I love craft services!” I CanBigsFilmIndependentScriptsCraftsBudgetsIndependent FilmIndie Films Author:Anthony Mackie
“Independent will is our capacity to act. It gives us the power to transcend our paradigms, to swim upstream, to rewrite our scripts, to act based on principle rather than reacting based on emotion or circumstance.” GivingFreedomEmotionPrinciplesCircumstancesCapacityEmpowermentIndependentScriptsSwimParadigmReacting Book:First Things First Source: First Things First
“I don't have wild dogs chasing people with scripts away from my door. I get my share. I've done okay. But I usually do independent stuff because that's mostly what I'm offered.” PeopleDoneStuffComedyDoorsShareDogOkayIndependentScriptsChasingWild Dogs Author:Billy Connolly