There are two types of films - one made by the big-time producers, the other is low budget stuff made by some producers who make films for the heck of it, they complete their films for small amounts, sell it at low costs with almost no publicity.
I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios.
I've never done a studio movie, let alone worked for a network. Every one of my films has been independently financed.
I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist.
Independent film is for actors that love to act.
I was the first independent to walk in with a documentary.
I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.
'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but they were indies.
'Easy Rider' and 'The Last Movie' were the only films that I made totally on my own.
I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.
I want to shoot some indies, some independent features that give me some space to play a little bit.
Making an independent film is so different.
