Indie Cinema Quotes

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.

'Insidious' is independent. It's like the 'Clerks' of horror films, you know?

If you do an indie film, where it's like, "We don't have a lot of money to give you, but we'll really give you a lot of freedom," that's really a luxury to have in this business. At least for myself, because I'm still kind of earning my acting credibility.

I was a massive Whit Stillman fan. Groupie. I would have done anything for him.

There are lots of great movies coming out of the U.S. but it's not something I've ever really been interested in. They're great films but I much prefer the smaller independent films, which are more thought provoking and experimental.

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

'The Squid and the Whale' was a really good movie.

I did very much enjoy being part of an independent film. It was just the energy.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

My one hope for Netflix and Amazon is to be a little more art house- and indie-friendly, pushing those just as hard as they push their originals.

We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.

I want to do more independent film. I'm blessed to be working on really quality episodic television, which to me actually feels like a sort of 13-hour film.

I really want to make something that makes people think. I love that movie 'Tiny Furniture' that Lena Dunham made. I just love that movie, and I laugh at that movie a lot, but I also felt a lot too. I'm just inspired by people like that.

Then I did The Tao of Steve and that was at Sundance in 2000 where it did really well.

I get a lot of independent films from people who are starting out.

I had been making a lot of family oriented movies, which I also like. But I still have a passion for the midnight audience and for midnight movies.

I tend to prefer the smaller movies because they shoot more efficiently and so you're are able to maintain that momentum of the character a little more easily.

There are a few directors as a young person where I was kind of like, 'Well, these are a sure bet.' The Coens, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson.

I'm always very interested in going and discovering a young director's films.

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

'Little Miss Sunshine' was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for. It's usually found in small pockets. But, it ended up getting a real following and worked out pretty well.

I love Wes Anderson films, which are quirky and funny.

In case you don't know this, we're not in the '90s anymore. Indie cinema does not reign.

The movies I respond to are by guys like the Coen brothers and Edgar Wright, where it's hard to fit them into any one box.

I think the press mistakenly thought that all of these 'mumblecore' filmmakers were banded together in a similar ideology, but the truth is that we were all just using the same digital camera and helping each other make our movies because we were broke, and we were the only idiots willing to do it.