Gaby Hoffmann Quotes

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.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they'll still get made.

Independent films in this country are in the same position. Miramax and Fine Line are not independent - they're with Disney! Come on. Or they're with Warner Brothers. They're all with somebody.

There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.

There was a golden era in film-making in Hollywood back in the 1970s, and although there is some great independent film-making in America, it's actually very hard to get independent films made in the United States. It's much more feasible from Europe.

I really love independent films. There's something so determined about the people who work on them.

When I was making short films, I didn't see a way to give them a wider reach or earn revenue out of it.

The kinds of movies I make are not easy to get made.

Commercial cinema is necessary to get money, but to get respect, it's necessary to keep coming up with good content and giving a chance to the talent whose craft and skill is immaculate.

The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom.

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

I think it's a total fallacy for people to say, "You couldn't make those old movies today." I think there's more ways to get a movie made today than ever in the history of the entertainment industry. It's a very exciting time to work in movies, if you're a creative person looking to make a very personal, weird vision.

I want to do films that provide entertainment, but are also content-driven.

Some critic complained about how many small films are released in New York... it annoyed me. Those small films that are lucky to get two weeks are often my favorite films of the year.

I will do a film if there is a good scope for acting. I am looking for good scripts.

You cannot make a living doing independent films.

You need actors and performers, but there has to be content in a film.

Short films are good, especially since independent films are making waves now, more than before.

I think making small movies reminds you of the effort. When you make big movies, the effort is to fight for freedom. When you make small movies, the effort is making the day, making the budget, and it's great, too.

I think we all felt it on this movie - crew and cast. You never know when you're making a movie... no one is saying in the middle of Casablanca that this is going to be a classic. The lead actors had turned it down and I think they wound up with B-list actors at the time.

You do a film and you have hopes for it, and you read it, and you see it one way in your head, and you shoot it, and it'll always change from what you started out. Sometimes it turns out better, sometimes it turns out; I don't know, but as movies go I've never experienced seeing and likening what I've read, and I liked what I read.

When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. Realizing that ever since I started filmmaking, people have being saying that. But somehow it keeps going. Filmmakers keep going. We need stories to make sense of the world and some people like me are driven to tell them. I have faith this will always be possible.

I think the art film, or the auteur-driven film - and not only foreign, but domestic films following that path - can get a small share of the box office. And I think that small share may open up a little bit.