I've directed independent film.

I'd like to do an independent film.

I'd love to do more independent films.

I personally like to do independent films.

Making an independent film is so different.

I come from a background of independent films.

It's just hard to get an independent film made.

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

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

I don't want to do every independent film offered to me.

When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.

Definition of an independent film is torture with less money and time.

I love independent film so much, and that's kind of where I made my mark.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

TV, in particular cable channels, has assumed the role of independent film.

When I did 'Memento,' independent film was where all the really good stuff was.

I've been fortunate to work with some amazing Asian filmmakers in independent film.

I come from Venezuela, from the independent film arena, and you work with one camera.

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

It's never easy getting an independent film made and distributed - even when it's easy.

I might do my own independent film, that my husband wrote for me, if all the ducks are in a row.

This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film.

When you're making an independent film, there is no guarantee that anyone is going to see it, ever.

I'm always looking for interesting stories, and I feel in independent film there's more opportunity.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

I was on 'The Shield' for a year before 'Crash' came out, and it was like doing an independent film every week.

Part of the excitement of doing independent film is the complete unknown of what lies in store for the film's future.

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

Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films. It's collective thought.

I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so much that I still want to do.

When you're making an independent film what you don't have in time and money you have to make up with creativity and diligence.

I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world.

You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white men.

On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.

Intimacy between humans need not be relegated to independent film. Real characters can exist no matter what the scale of a movie is.

In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.

Basically, independent film doesn't exist anymore. It does if you have two or three stars in your film, but it's just very difficult.

I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.

Let me tell you one thing: there is no more cutthroat place to be than an independent film. Disney is a cakewalk after that - that is no lie.

The size of a studio film lets you see technology in a way that you wouldn't on an independent film, like the gadgets and the angles and all that.

The process of making an independent film is like building a mini Eiffel Tower with popsicle sticks - it doesn't happen overnight, and it's not easy.

Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film.

When we were filming the first 'Magic Mike,' we obviously had a limited budget; it was an independent film. And we would entertain extras in between takes.

I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself.

In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be best for me. I'm really happy to inhabit the world of independent film.

The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.

I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to.

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