“Coming from theater, and having been to acting school, and done little, small Australian independent movies, a lot of the time, it's always about character.” LittlesDoneCharacterSchoolActingTheaterIndependentAustralian Author:Jacqueline McKenzie
“Miramax can buy a small independent movie that isn't very good, but because it has great relationships with different theaters, it can get into a big theater.” DifferentBigsTheaterIndependentVery GoodGreat Relationship Author:Marguerite Moreau
“Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as are independent films, opposed to studio films. There are differences in the size and the genre, or a period drama as opposed to a contemporary drama, or the types of characters.” ThinkingMindDifferentCharacterFilmFormDifferencesActingTvsTypeDisciplinePeriodsDramaTheaterIndependentSizeStudiosActiveContemporaryGenreIndependent Film Author:Luke Evans
“My parents had an independent theater company here in Sweden during the 1980s, so I was raised watching my parents create independently, having a lot of fun and just doing what they wanted to do. I think that idea of independence as an artist was something I was always used to. And then I entered the industry from a very commercial perspective, and things were very different then from what I grew up with.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentWantedUsedArtistFunParentCompanyPerspectiveGrewIndustryGrew UpTheaterIndependentIndependenceRaisedSweden Author:Robyn
“In a sense I feel very much a part of the cinema now in a way where when I come back to the theater now I feel like a visitor. The cinema is really what I enjoy. I want to do more independent movies.” WayWantFeelsEnjoyTheaterIndependentCinemaVisitors Author:Brian Cox
“I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.” ActorsTheaterIndependent Author:Jason Blum
“When independent films break through and actually make it into any level of mainstream-ness or get seen by people or find a life actually in theaters, it's extraordinary. And it doesn't happen that often.” PeopleHappensFilmLevelsBreakTheaterIndependentExtraordinaryMainstreamBreak ThroughIndependent Film Author:Karen Allen
“I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused.” IfsThinkingWorldWayCitiesAttentionNew YorkKingsTheaterIndependentConfusedNew York CityBubbles Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“They're not so much fans of independent movies are they are of independent theatres. They like small theaters with a vague, septic smell. They're not wild about the newfangled theaters with the assigned seating.” FansTheaterIndependentSmellTheatreVague Author:Nick Kroll
“The League of Independent Theater represents a coming together of actual artistic and theatrical forces that may yet undo the difficulty of our times in maintaining the highest artistic standards in a period of economic crisis. Who can save us from the downhill trend of our economy except the vigor of our arts? Theatre, music and education are our only hopes to lift our times beyond their despair and create a viable, prosperous culture.” MayArtTogetherCultureForceEconomyEconomicPeriodsDespairHighestStandardsDifficultyTheaterIndependentCrisisTheatreArtisticLiftsLeagueOur TimeTrendsMaintainingProsperousTheatricalVigorComing TogetherEconomic Crisis Author:Judith Malina