“Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing that right now. So that's why everybody wants to do it. I mean if you're writing stuff like, you know, Fargo, or True Detective, or any of these things that are on, Breaking Bad, there are no rules in television.” IfsKnowsWantWritingMeanFilmStuffTelevisionLike YouRight NowLateIndependent80sDetectivesRenaissanceIndependent FilmFargo Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“First of all I have to ask myself what am I trying to say and who am I trying to tell the story to. So if it's just 300 words going in the Independent it's very much where, what, who and when - fantastic. If there's a little bit more scope, if I've been given 1500 words by the sports editor, and I can have a little bit of fun, then I need to maybe entertain, include some different stuff.” IfsNeedsTryingFirstsLittlesI CanDifferentStoriesAsksGivenFunStuffBitsSportsLittle BitIndependentFantasticEditorsScope Author:Steve Bunce
“That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers.” PeopleTryingBookBigsArtistStuffBreakIndependentStartingTricksComicComic BookBreak OutSpeculators Author:Todd McFarlane
“There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.” WayWellsLooksHandsStuffCan DoRoomsComputerIndependentDrawingPlentyImperfectionAnimationAmazing ThingsReally AmazingSlickAnimatorPixarComputer Animation Author:Matt Groening
“I do my independent stuff where it's real acting if you like. Intense, drama stuff. I love me actions.” IfsRealActionStuffActingDramaIndependentIntense Author:Vinnie Jones
“I'm a very independent person, I love being alone, writing and doing music and stuff.” WritingPersonsStuffLove IsIndependentIndependent Person Author:Julie Delpy
“I love working with my dad, but I need to be independent and do my own stuff.” NeedsStuffMy OwnDadIndependentMy Dad Author:Rob Reiner
“At the end of the day, it's all one version of telling a story. I treated this as if it was a two million dollar independent film. I did a lot more physical work than I'd probably have to do for a two million dollar independent film with four months of training and stuff. But as far as the character's psychology or emotional life goes, I treat it just the same.” IfsTwoEndsCharacterStoriesFilmStuffMillionsPsychologyFourEmotionalMonthsTrainingTreatsIndependentDollarsTreatedVersionsThe End Of The DayMillion DollarsIndependent FilmEmotional Life Author:Colin Farrell
“There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds.” CountryStuffWonderfulTraditionIndependentFilmmakingOddsIndependent Filmmaking Author:Mike Leigh
“The coexistence of opposites - stillness and dynamism - makes you independent... When you quietly acknowledge this exquisite coexistence of opposites, you align yourself with the world of energy - the quantum soup, the non-material non-stuff that is the source of the material world. This world energy is fluid, dynamic, resilient, changing, forever in motion. And yet it is also non-changing, still, quiet, eternal and silent.” WorldStillsEnergyStuffForeverThis WorldMaterialsSourceQuietEternalOppositesIndependentSilentAcknowledgeStillnessQuantumSoupExquisiteFluidResilientCoexistenceMaterial WorldDynamism Author:Deepak Chopra
“Money solves a lot of problems and when you don't have money, you've got to do all this other stuff to solve the problem. It's very hard. I would love to have not necessarily a studio because then you lose so much control but I would love to have decent independent financing where I have the freedom and I have the money to do it right, to not be asking people to work for free or to work for half the rate and not ask those favors again and again because I now owe all these people back who've helped me.” PeopleHardProblemAsksStuffLosesHalfAskingIndependentRateStudiosSolveFavorsDecentAgain And AgainFinancing Author:Julie Davis
“Statistically in the UK, there are so many fewer female composers than male songwriters and they're marketed in a way that - females are marketed in a way that they're these independent unique artists writing their own stuff, and they're not, because fourteen percent of PRS goes to women.” WayWritingArtistStuffUniquePercentFemaleIndependentMalesComposerFewerSongwritersFourteen Author:Kate Nash
“I went straight from high school to Bible college for two years. Then I started doing music right out of Bible college full time. I did independent stuff for three years.” YearsTwoSchoolThreeStuffCollegeHigh SchoolIndependentTwo YearsThree Years Author:Jeremy Camp
“The fact that you couldn't see Alfred Hitchcock's first film The Mountain Eagle, or that you couldn't see so many of F.W. Murnau's masterpieces, or that you couldn't see so many of Oscar Micheaux's really intriguing race melodramas, made with fierce independent spirit against all odds in '20s and '30s America. That stuff haunted me. They really did bring to life a sense of 20th Century history: cultural history, pop history, gender politics and race politics, socio economic history, all that stuff. It was bracing and instructive.” FirstsMadeFactsAmericaFilmSpiritStuffRaceEconomicCenturyMountainIndependentPopsGenderFierceOddsOscars20th CenturyMasterpieceEaglesIntriguingHitchcockMelodramaAgainst All OddsEconomic History Author:Guy Maddin
“This frenzy about cyberporn indicates some deeper fear of adults as they see kids become more independent and learn things they never learned. I think those fears also reflect a failure to communicate. Parents should be able to say to their kids: "There is stuff out there that we don't look at, and if you find yourself looking at it or someone approaching you about it, then let's talk about it."” IfsThinkingShouldLooksKidsAbleStuffParentAdultsIndependentCommunicateDeeperFinding YourselfFrenzy Author:Seymour Papert
“It's my job as President and Congress’s job to maker sure that there’s some rules of the road that people are going to abide by and that we’ve got transparency and accountability that this stuff is being posted and one of the things that we are going to do is put together an independent board on the recovery package…” PeopleTogetherJobsStuffPresidentIndependentCongressRecoveryBoardsAccountabilityPackagesTransparency Author:Barack Obama
“Yes, a lot of European cinema and a lot of independent films and art-house stuff. She is a photographer. She is a visual artist and photographer and my dad is, too. My mum, I must credit for showing me good films. With my career, my parents were great and though they were a little wary, maybe, of the acting ambitions they have always been supportive.” LittlesArtFilmArtistHouseStuffParentActingCareersDadAmbitionIndependentPhotographerMy DadCreditCinemaVisualsMumSupportiveIndependent FilmVisual ArtGood FilmsVisual Artist Author:Mia Wasikowska
“The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium.” BigsSeemsStuffCompanyKnownRecordsInternetBandIndependentStudiosSellingMediumsThese DaysOnlineRecord Companies Author:David Gilmour
“I believe I'm doing the right thing in trying to step away from that and to take chances and work on little independent films and do stuff like that wild dance scene.” TryingBelieveLittlesFilmI BelieveStuffChanceStepsSceneIndependentRight ThingReincarnationTake A ChanceDoing The Right ThingIndependent FilmIndependent Women Author:Patrick Warburton
“I don't think there's any independent cartoonist whose stuff I don't like or respect in at least some way or another. We're all marginal laborers - we're practically medical oddities - so I don't see why we can't all be nice to each other.” ThinkingWayStuffNiceRespectIndependentMedicalBeing NiceCartoonistLaborersOddities Author:Chris Ware
“I always feel this pressure of being a strong and independent icon of womanhood, and without making it look my whole life is revolving around some guy. But loving someone, and being loved means so much to me. We always make fun of it and stuff. But isn't everything we do in life a way to be loved a little more?” WayFeelsLooksMeanLittlesWholeLife IsGuyStrongFunStuffPressureIndependentWhole LifeSunriseWomanhoodIconsLoving SomeoneBeing LovedRevolvingSunrise And SunsetBefore SunsetBefore Sunrise Author:Julie Delpy
“Minus my relationship with Kennedy, I had no automatic invitation to Greek Parties or events, though Chaz and Erin could invite me to some stuff since I fell under the heading of acceptable things to bring to any party: alcohol and girls. Awesome. I'd gone from independent girlfriend to party paraphernalia.” GirlStuffPartyGoneEventsIndependentAlcoholGreekGirlfriendInvitesAcceptableInvitationsHeadingsMinusErin Author:Tammara Webber
“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
“I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned” TryingBigsStuffDifficultInterestingCareersRolesFindingsConcernedIndependentPendulumsBig Stuff Author:Orlando Bloom
“So most of my acting experience came in college when I was living away from them. I acted in various independent films, and I got some commercial work and stuff like that.” FilmStuffActingCollegeIndependentVariousIndependent FilmIndependent WomenAdvertising Agencies Author:Maria Menounos