Patrick Warburton Quotes

I'd love to do more independent films.

I did a few independent films, but there is no money in them.

I love indie movies. I think that independent cinema is where it's at and where a lot of trends begin. It's where new filmmakers are breaking through.

A lot of times, you do independent films for passion because you may even lose money doing one, but it doesn't matter.

I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.

The personality problem is so tough when you're not able to pay people. It's bad enough when you can pay people, but, when you have people working for free, often their motivation is diminished considerably.

I get called to do a lot of labors of love... independent films on very small budgets. If I have the time and if the project speaks to me, it's better than sitting around, right?

If you have a career like mine, which is so identified with Hollywood, with big studios and stars, you wonder if maybe you shouldn't go off and do what the world thinks of as more personal films with lesser-known people. But I think I've fooled everybody. I've made personal films all along. I just made them in another form.

The first time I was paid was with 'The Lobster,' because with the Greek films, we just had to pay ourselves - work for free while making commercials in order to survive.

You cannot make a living doing independent films.

Most people think I do street art, so I do everything for nothing. I'm an urchin who paints walls and does work for nothing. That's the first misconception about street artists, that we just paint for nothing.

Free services like Wikipedia I don't think benefit anyone - they don't benefit the professional because they're not paid.

Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities? It’s because volunteers work for no pay. Republicans have been trying to get people to work for no pay for a long time.

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.

I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.

I want to work with amazing filmmakers and tell important stories, and if I have to audition to do that, I will.

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

Independent films are really the best ones out there. They're the most original stories, and they're very good.

I feel that if you want to make films, you have to be willing to make it without a fee. You get a deferment, I guess.

I want to work and work on better films, projects and myself.

Small films, made on shoe-string budget work in big centres, and for that a substantial amount of budget should be set aside for marketing.

Making independent films is liberating. It eliminates self-censorship, which mainstream films are infected with due to commercial priorities.

Even if I do one or two films a year, what is important is whether I'm getting to do the kind of work that I'm interested in.

I didn't get paid to go to Kansas State.

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.