Independent Film Quotes - Page 4

• I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

  Jenifer Lewis

  Independent, Hair, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Break Up, New York, Kids

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• I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just show the Hollywood blockbusters. I show independent films, foreign films, documentaries.

  Leonard Maltin

  Kids, Independent, Class

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• A few nights ago I went to a Hollywood screening of a small independent film made by Sally Kirkland, an old friend of mine who also did terrific job acting in it. There were other actors in it and they were all terrific.

  Nick Mancuso

  Jobs, Independent, Night

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously fun. And that's a great thing, for me to discover that that's possible.

  Sarah Polley

  Fun, Independent, Done

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• I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

  John Leguizamo

  Independent, Actors, Film

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A lot of independent films offer a harsh reality check.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Independent, Reality, Film

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'd love to do more independent films.

  Holliday Grainger

  Independent, Film

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized.

  Mark Rydell

  Independent, Talking, Years

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• Doing that, then doing a lot of theater, which I love. Doing guest stars, did two independent films that are going around to all these festivals. Both of them are going to be at the Lake Tahoe Film Festival.

  Austin Peck

  Stars, Independent, Lakes

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• [Hollywood] studios are handing out money to make independent films now, but they all want the same thing. They want the style and the deadpan delivery of RESERVOIR DOGS or FARGO and so they imitate those movies. They want PULP FICTION, but they get it all wrong! They get the detachment, but that's it. And then it's all about style, and in the end what do you learn about the characters? Nothing. You learn you wasted two hours.

  Stanley Tucci

  Dog, Character, Independent

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• Instead of dumping all my money on an independent film that nobody would watch and most people would make fun of behind my back, I decided, 'I'm just going to buy a house.'

  Daniel Tosh

  Funny, Independent, People

  "At the top of his stand-up game" by Delfin Vigil, www.sfgate.com. August 23, 2007.

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• It's so hard to raise money for independent films and the fact of the matter is that the bigger my star or whatever is, as a result of doing bigger pictures, the easier it is for me to get money for my own projects.

  Edward Burns

  Stars, Independent, Matter

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• 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

  Independent, Actors, Shooting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The truth for me is that I've been doing independent film since the get-go, so that's a big passion of mine, but the big ones are really fun, too. I like my world to be eclectic.

  Lynn Collins

  Fun, Passion, Independent

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Patricia Clarkson

  Independent, Majority, Lucky

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• I might do my own independent film, that my husband wrote for me, if all the ducks are in a row.

  Erica Durance

  Husband, Independent, Ducks

  "Erica Durance Interview SMALLVILLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 30, 2011.

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• 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

  Independent, Community, Amy

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• 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

  Independent, People, Interesting

  "Interview: Karen Allen and the Kingdom of Her Crystal Life". Interview with PatrickMcD, hollywoodchicago.com. September 29, 2009.

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• It's just hard to get an independent film made.

  Luke Evans

  Independent, Film, Made

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

  Anthony LaPaglia

  Independent, Degrees, Safe

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.

  Jackson Rathbone

  Blessed, Independent, Careers

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• It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.

  Mark Rydell

  Independent, Directors, Substance

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• The films that I really liked and the ones that really blew my mind when I was younger were independent films. They're like great records to me.

  Jim Sturgess

  Independent, Mind, Records

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• On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.

  Juno Temple

  Independent, Pace, Littles

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