#independent film

I'm always struck by the kids who turn up in New York and LA, and places in between. Chicago. Wanting to do theater, wanting to do independent film. Wanting to break into television or radio. ↗

— Frank Rich

#between #break #chicago #film #i

I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them. ↗

— Michelle Rodriguez

#enjoy #film #film industry #hate #how

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#five #i #i do #independent #independent films

In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#amy #aware #budget #certain #community

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#exist #film #independent #independent film #only

As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents. ↗

— Karen Allen

#as far as #blockbusters #far #films #independent

Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things that mainstream Hollywood doesn't want to do. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#films #fun #get #hollywood #independent

Right now my career is totally schizophrenic, because when an American production like Hitchcock Presents asks to see my work I would never dream of showing them my independent films. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#asks #because #career #dream #films

Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film. ↗

— Edward Burns

#days #drink #film #food #how

In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#beginning #being #commercial #commercial films #deciding