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BILL TURPIN Is Japan turning Communist? Stop. Need 1,000 words soonest.
THE INDEPENDENT![]()
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HOLLY HUNTER As for commercial or independent films, that's not even a concern at this point.
COLE MUELLER I think this is the year of the smaller films with independent spirits.
TOM O'NEIL There are lots of great movies coming out of the U.S. but it's not something I've ever reall...
BILLIE PIPER We try to choose a variety of what's been hot on the independent circuit, international films nomina...
ANGELA JONES![]()
I like working in both movies and television. Television is faster, not very much rehearsal and a lo...
JULIET LANDAU Movies about movies play really, really well at film festivals because the people who go to festival...
CHRIS LAMONT![]()
Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things tha...
ANTHONY ANDERSON I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and ...
NATALIE DORMER If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay atten...
ANNIE PROULX If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay atten...
ANNIE PROULX You've got these big studio films and these tiny independent films now. It's very much eithe...
IMOGEN POOTS![]()
My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
RALPH BAKSHI![]()
Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independen...
DENNIS HOPPER![]()
In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not com...
STEVE BUSCEMI![]()
Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scri...
BRITTANY SNOW Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury...
RACHEL TRUE![]()
And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different...
CRAIG GROESCHEL My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, ...
BARRY JENKINS![]()
People are making better and better small budge independent films these days.
MIKE BIRBIGLIA![]()
Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six...
JAMES WAN![]()
The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems.
STAN BRAKHAGE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... The problem with the study is that big-box retailers and online retailers are not within the area st...
HANK BARRY I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to hav...
KUNO BECKER![]()
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I en...
NICOLAS CAGE Boutique distributors are very often based in New York City, they specialize in American independent...
GREG DEAN SCHMITZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES To be independent is an privilege.
PRADEEPA PANDIYAN I'd like to do interesting indie films mixed with big, high-paying commercial blockbusters. '...
RHYS WAKEFIELD![]()
I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I ...
FAMKE JANSSEN Most of my work has been independent movies outside the mainstream system.
LENNY ABRAHAMSON![]()
It used to reflect a budget. Now 'independent film' means anything under $10 million. That's what pe...
TREY PARKER Some of these powers, both governance and otherwise, should probably apply to some of the other larg...
JOHN TORY For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's lik...
CALLIE KHOURI Independent film is about diversity and independent voices. So it's not unusual that [the LMEC] woul...
MICHELLE BYRD![]()
I feel a lot of films that are shot digitally, even low-budget independent films, they look super sl...
COLIN TREVORROW I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio ...
HOLLIDAY GRAINGER A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.
AUBREY PLAZA I decided to have the clips. In a year when some films are films people haven't seen, it's nice to r...
GILBERT CATES![]()
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both.
SPIKE LEE![]()
You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doin...
ALAN SHEPARD These days more films are going to people than people are going to films,
PETER GREENAWAY![]()
Independent documentary isn't beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are in...
JOSH FOX I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.
JOHN LEGUIZAMO The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It&#...
KAREN ALLEN Bigfoot is dedicated to the community of filmmakers who possess the vision and passion to create cri...
KACY ANDREWS![]()
In the past 10 years since I've been doing independents and occasionally a studio movie, studio movi...
MARK RUFFALO![]()
Mostly, I've made independent films that don't see the light of day,
RACHAEL LEIGH COOK I think this is just as good as an independent study. They weren't hired by the university, they are...
GARY LOFTUS![]()
Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work!
DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world...
GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist.
APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ...
GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g...
SIMI GREWAL Independent film has always been a cool thing, although the lines seem to be getting blurred now. Yo...
GINA GERSHON![]()
Writing novels allows the novelist to spend much of his time in a fictional world, which is really t...
JAVIER MARíAS America has its own agenda in dealing with different cases and Iraq has its own program, but the gov...
LAITH KUBBA In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films ...
SHERILYN FENN![]()
I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy fil...
PATTY JENKINS Bye, Superstar. Try to be a little more independent.
DR. STEWART GOLDMAN It's an independent film-making that is not going to be mistaken by anybody for films that come out ...
GEOFFREY GILMORE Independent films are very much the organic foods of the film industry. They're in their purest form...
DIANE RAVER We considered many more films this year.
MATT DENTLER![]()
To be, or not to be, that is the question.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work you...
VALERIE AZLYNN I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
JACKSON RATHBONE This is the first time that all I need to worry about is showing up on set and doing the best I can ...
KIRBY HEYBORNE A lot of it is down to chance, down to what films are ready. But this year there were more U.S. prem...
LEE MARSHALL This year's festival is as 'independent' as it's ever been. There can be no confusion between the fi...
GEOFFREY GILMORE I'd definitely like to do something darker, something... maybe an older character. You know, maybe a...
ALEXIS BLEDEL Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films....
SEYMOUR CASSEL This has become far more important today. Kids are becoming more independent.
KURT BARNARD![]()
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?...
ERNEST HEMINGWAY![]()
It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today...
MARK RYDELL![]()
The studios aren't lining up to make films about black protagonists, black people being autonomo...
AVA DUVERNAY The young people are rather interested in watching the American feature films. But over time they fo...
ZHANG YUANYUAN The young people are rather interested in watching the American feature films, ... But over time the...
ZHANG YIMOU At the same time, once again we have tried for a good mix of Hollywood films, independent films and ...
ETHAN VAN THILLO I could give countless further examples that show why the honorable institution of the Academy deser...
ARTHUR COHN![]()
Australia expects its citizens to abide by core beliefs - democracy, the rule of law, the independen...
DAVID CAMERON The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.
PATRICK WARBURTON I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In t...
OM PURI I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can b...
SAM UNDERWOOD![]()
Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full.
CHLOE THURLOW When you think of all that goes into what you write you realize that only you see all that is needed...
BRENT M. JONES Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror ...
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU![]()
To be or not to be. That's not really a question.
JEAN-LUC GODARD The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)![]()
Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.
ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da...
VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you.
KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l...
MARK SMITH![]()
What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ...
DOUGLAS ADAMS
PATRICK MARBER As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that...
KAREN ALLEN I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don...
LEONARD MALTIN Independent films didn't replace Hollywood blockbusters. There's room for the big MMO games, and now...
BILL TURPIN Is Japan turning Communist? Stop. Need 1,000 words soonest.
THE INDEPENDENT
Good female parts are hard to come by, so I go all over the place to find them: cable TV, network mo... HOLLY HUNTER As for commercial or independent films, that's not even a concern at this point.
COLE MUELLER I think this is the year of the smaller films with independent spirits.
TOM O'NEIL There are lots of great movies coming out of the U.S. but it's not something I've ever reall...
BILLIE PIPER We try to choose a variety of what's been hot on the independent circuit, international films nomina...
ANGELA JONES
I like working in both movies and television. Television is faster, not very much rehearsal and a lo... JULIET LANDAU Movies about movies play really, really well at film festivals because the people who go to festival...
CHRIS LAMONT
Independent films are where you really get to cut your teeth and have some fun and do the things tha... ANTHONY ANDERSON I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and ...
NATALIE DORMER If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay atten...
ANNIE PROULX If you are looking for smart judging based on merit, skip the Academy Awards next year and pay atten...
ANNIE PROULX You've got these big studio films and these tiny independent films now. It's very much eithe...
IMOGEN POOTS
My good films were independent and my bad films were not. RALPH BAKSHI
Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independen... DENNIS HOPPER
In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not com... STEVE BUSCEMI
Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scri... BRITTANY SNOW Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury...
RACHEL TRUE
And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL My films are personal-voice-driven films about human characters and the place we live. Technically, ...
BARRY JENKINS
People are making better and better small budge independent films these days. MIKE BIRBIGLIA
Supernatural movies generally have a much more brooding pace. If you look at films like 'The Six... JAMES WAN
The Hollywood movies are more like novels, and the kinds of films I make are more like poems. STAN BRAKHAGE Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be...
GARY F EVANS... The problem with the study is that big-box retailers and online retailers are not within the area st...
HANK BARRY I've been doing mostly independent films, and things like 'Goal' give me a chance to hav...
KUNO BECKER
I don't want to just do independent movies and I don't want to just do adventure films. I en... NICOLAS CAGE Boutique distributors are very often based in New York City, they specialize in American independent...
GREG DEAN SCHMITZ I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES To be independent is an privilege.
PRADEEPA PANDIYAN I'd like to do interesting indie films mixed with big, high-paying commercial blockbusters. '...
RHYS WAKEFIELD
I like to go from mainstream movies to more artsy films. I don't sign on for the money. Maybe I ... FAMKE JANSSEN Most of my work has been independent movies outside the mainstream system.
LENNY ABRAHAMSON
It used to reflect a budget. Now 'independent film' means anything under $10 million. That's what pe... TREY PARKER Some of these powers, both governance and otherwise, should probably apply to some of the other larg...
JOHN TORY For me, the movies I like are all independent. And getting an independent feature made, it's lik...
CALLIE KHOURI Independent film is about diversity and independent voices. So it's not unusual that [the LMEC] woul...
MICHELLE BYRD
I feel a lot of films that are shot digitally, even low-budget independent films, they look super sl... COLIN TREVORROW I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio ...
HOLLIDAY GRAINGER A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.
AUBREY PLAZA I decided to have the clips. In a year when some films are films people haven't seen, it's nice to r...
GILBERT CATES
I am a hybrid. I do independent films and also do Hollywood films - I love them both. SPIKE LEE
You may not have any extra talent, but maybe you are just paying more attention to what you are doin... ALAN SHEPARD These days more films are going to people than people are going to films,
PETER GREENAWAY
Independent documentary isn't beholden to some of the interests that the mainstream media are in... JOSH FOX I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.
JOHN LEGUIZAMO The secrecy thing has gotten to be more and more prevalent in films, and maybe that's good. It&#...
KAREN ALLEN Bigfoot is dedicated to the community of filmmakers who possess the vision and passion to create cri...
KACY ANDREWS
In the past 10 years since I've been doing independents and occasionally a studio movie, studio movi... MARK RUFFALO
Mostly, I've made independent films that don't see the light of day, RACHAEL LEIGH COOK I think this is just as good as an independent study. They weren't hired by the university, they are...
GARY LOFTUS
Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world...
GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist.
APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ...
GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g...
SIMI GREWAL Independent film has always been a cool thing, although the lines seem to be getting blurred now. Yo...
GINA GERSHON
Writing novels allows the novelist to spend much of his time in a fictional world, which is really t... JAVIER MARíAS America has its own agenda in dealing with different cases and Iraq has its own program, but the gov...
LAITH KUBBA In a perfect world, I could be doing some bigger films and balance that with some independent films ...
SHERILYN FENN
I've been influenced by a lot of films. And a lot of them are the typical interesting, artsy fil... PATTY JENKINS Bye, Superstar. Try to be a little more independent.
DR. STEWART GOLDMAN It's an independent film-making that is not going to be mistaken by anybody for films that come out ...
GEOFFREY GILMORE Independent films are very much the organic foods of the film industry. They're in their purest form...
DIANE RAVER We considered many more films this year.
MATT DENTLER
To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work you...
VALERIE AZLYNN I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
JACKSON RATHBONE This is the first time that all I need to worry about is showing up on set and doing the best I can ...
KIRBY HEYBORNE A lot of it is down to chance, down to what films are ready. But this year there were more U.S. prem...
LEE MARSHALL This year's festival is as 'independent' as it's ever been. There can be no confusion between the fi...
GEOFFREY GILMORE I'd definitely like to do something darker, something... maybe an older character. You know, maybe a...
ALEXIS BLEDEL Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films....
SEYMOUR CASSEL This has become far more important today. Kids are becoming more independent.
KURT BARNARD
Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY
It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today... MARK RYDELL
The studios aren't lining up to make films about black protagonists, black people being autonomo... AVA DUVERNAY The young people are rather interested in watching the American feature films. But over time they fo...
ZHANG YUANYUAN The young people are rather interested in watching the American feature films, ... But over time the...
ZHANG YIMOU At the same time, once again we have tried for a good mix of Hollywood films, independent films and ...
ETHAN VAN THILLO I could give countless further examples that show why the honorable institution of the Academy deser...
ARTHUR COHN
Australia expects its citizens to abide by core beliefs - democracy, the rule of law, the independen... DAVID CAMERON The love you get, is equal to the love you give.
BEN OAK Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.
PATRICK WARBURTON I feel even old people can do a nice love story, but here we don't make that kind of films. In t...
OM PURI I think beautiful independent films are made, and I think they're as close to what theater can b...
SAM UNDERWOOD
Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW When you think of all that goes into what you write you realize that only you see all that is needed...
BRENT M. JONES Nowadays, a critic has to watch 700, 800 films a year, and I know through experience, being a juror ...
ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU
To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD The saying sell all your belongings & give to the poor simply means "Redirect your mind to the verit...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward. ERIC ROTH You're afraid of getting hurt like I'm afraid to die. It doesn't mean I'm not going to live every da...
VI KEELAND Wesley Rush doesn't chase girls, but I'm chasing you.
KODY KEPLINGER I turn and kick with the first one and feel myself being lifted and thrown towards the beach. It's l...
MARK SMITH
What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough ... DOUGLAS ADAMS
I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. The ... 
Bigotry and judgment are the height of insecurity. 
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Life is full of adventure. There's no such thing as a clear pathway. 
There is no sexuality that is greater or lesser than another. 
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. 
Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future. 
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I think when people are repressing things, or burying things, that can manifest in all sorts of ways... 
I specifically left the corporate world so I could wear T-shirts, blue jeans, and honestly, I always... 
If we're interested in spiritual things, we gradually realize that what we really need is to und... 
Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and gettin... 
Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of ... 
If winds are the spirit of the sky's ocean, the clouds are the texture. Their is easily the most uni... 
How rich are we that we can look on these worlds with the perspective of modern science ... that we ... 
Life is a sexually transmitted disease. 
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Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more h... 
There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's ... 
Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. 
A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy. 
I grew up with such an affinity to cats. I adore the way that they think and operate. 
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The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper ... 
Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over. 
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It's easy to say that entrepreneurs will create jobs and big companies will create unemployment,... 
I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequ... 