Quotes About Independent Filmmaking

#1. There is a straight-forward definition for 'Independent Filmmaking'. The term references a group of films that are financed by money that comes from outside the studio system. In a literal sense that is what it means.

Andrew Neel

#2. Independent filmmaking has always been there and it's not to be forgotten.

Mike Leigh

#3. Sometimes it's hard for me to tell the difference between independent filmmaking and studio filmmaking because all the studios have these little independent satellites. It's interesting.

Kerry Washington

#4. 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.

Mike Leigh

#5. I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.

Charlize Theron

#6. You make a film for a million dollars and then it costs $10 million to sell it. That's the problem at the moment with independent filmmaking: You can make it cheap and then there's no money to market it.

Vilmos Zsigmond

#7. I love the intimacy and the passion and the danger that go into independent filmmaking. Because it comes out of a creative necessity. It comes from people who really want to make a movie and want to make a difference and want to grab an audience by the gullet and show them something different.

Pierce Brosnan

#8. The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far as who they choose for their film and what they're known for and staying in the genre because they know what works.

Malin Akerman

#9. In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.

Jim Sturgess

#10. There's something I really love about independent filmmaking. Everyone is a little bit more close-knit, and you rely on people a little bit more. The bigger the budget gets, the more everyone toes the line in their department.

Thomas Ian Nicholas

#11. I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

Gena Rowlands

#12. The Heart of Christmas is you.

Kristian Goldmund Aumann

#13. I am involved in the creation of software, and I'm also in the music business.

Frederick Lenz

#14. People who are scared don't live life.

ASAP Ferg

#15. The hell with my arm. You lose an arm you lose an arm. There's worse things than lose an arm. You've got two arms and you've got two of something else. And a man's still a man with one arm or with one of those. The hell with it,' he says ... after a minute he says, 'I got those other two still.

Ernest Hemingway,

#16. Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.

Tacitus

#17. Sex education classes are like in-home sales parties for abortions.

Phyllis Schlafly

#18. The best documentaries are independent. They don't exist to serve interests, philanthropic or otherwise.

Nick Fraser

#19. Justice is like a train that is nearly always late.

Yevgeny Yevtushenko

#20. I don't care for music, I don't care for scenery, I don't care for women ... I like bridge.

Bonar Law

#21. Work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find.

Zora Neale Hurston

#22. To make a real independent film where the filmmaker is in charge creatively, one must sacrifice personal, financial, and physical well-being.

Mark Polish