Indie Genre Quotes

I would love to do a small indie comedy, like a Wes Anderson movie or, like, an ensemble comedy like 'The Royal Tenenbaums' or 'Little Miss Sunshine.' I like comedies like that, that have a lot of heart and are about family dynamics.

The only music I was listening to for ages was old soul. So I wasn't listening to a lot of new music - especially indie music.

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.

I think there was a real lane built for indie bands during the time when Chairlift came up.

I love Modest Mouse.

My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff.

As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows me, as an actor, not to have a financial value behind my name, to justify me being in these bigger parts for these types of movies.

I'm a real fan of that Foster the People song 'Pumped Up Kicks.'

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.

Indie music is picking up and artistes are more confident about putting out music with no big name attached to it.

I don't really listen to the radio anymore, but some of the more contemporary people I like are Stereolab, Spiritualize, Yo La Tengo and Bedhead. There are other things too, like Pavement. They're a great band, with really good lyrics. But generally, I'm not overwhelmed by the state of indie-rock.

I'd actually love to do more comedy, but what I really wanna do is an indie drama - an intense indie road-trip movie.

The most interesting indie titles always tend to come out of nowhere for me. That's part of the fun for me.