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

Independent film is for actors that love to act.

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.

Independent films are really one of the greatest resources these days to actually find unfiltered truth.

Independent films will probably kill themselves off by virtue of their own success. With a crossover hit like PULP FICTION, the criteria by which art-house movies are produced and marketed and exploited have changed. With studio money and overheads and budgets and deal-making machinery, a certain kind of narrative structure and popcorn-type payoff start infusing themselves.

Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

Indie film isn’t dead. It just grew up.

Indian film awards lack credibility.

Indian films are always very passionate and romantic, and so long as the scene is done well aesthetically, I have no qualms doing it.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

I never enjoyed working in a film.

I never ever see a film of mine after I release it to the public. I see it when I shoot it in my dailies and while I'm editing it, re-editing it and reshooting it and all that. By the time it's finished I never want to see it again.

I never feel like a smug or a smart-alec film director, and there are plenty of those around.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.

I never had a great role in a great film.

I never knew that when you're number one on the call sheet you have not only the responsibility of carrying the film but also the responsibility of keeping up the morale of the crew and cast.

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.

I never really feel like I'm sure a film's gonna happen until I'm maybe halfway through.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

I never make a film with a message in mind. I'm more interested in the characters; how they are related to each other and the situation they're in.

I never really do much research before signing a film. It is just the script and character that I concentrate on.

I never look at the size of the film when I'm looking for a part.

I never really planned on making action films. It just kind of happened.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.

I never really make a film unless I feel like it's going to be personal and intimate, but also relevant to the audience.

I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist

I never seem to be able to sell my films correctly in the U.S. The U.S. defends itself on its own turf.

I never start editing a film until it's completely shot; I don't edit along the way, ever. When it's finished I come in here [screening room] and we start with reel one, scene one and start editing shot by shot by shot until we're finished.

I never studied film theory, so I don't know the terminology.

I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.

I never sit in a cinema and go, "Ah! I want to be in that film!

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

I never rewatch the great films of my favorite directors because I'm afraid they won't hold up.

I never thought I'd get [a 'Pitch Perfect 2'] audition because the film was just so massive.

I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.

I never thought about acting before I started modeling, but since then I've been in short films and music videos, and I got interested. It felt natural to switch over.

I never thought my first role in a film would be a grandmother.

I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films.

I never wanted to or expected to make a film outside of New York. New York became very, very expensive. The same $18 million spent in Barcelona or Rome goes much further there.

I never went to film school, so I just sort of learned on my own.

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with.

In film, I find it very useful always to do some preparation before you start rehearsals or start shooting, because there's so much that's against you on a film set.

In film, you can have sad endings.

In films of terror, it's often not about being graphic. Or if there is a graphic image, it's extremely swift. Everyone talks about the shower scene in 'Psycho,' but that's the only graphic scene in the entire film.

In film, you have to let go sometimes.

In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld.

In film, it's up to the director to tell the story in whatever way he sees fit, and however you fit into that ultimate vision is where you fit in. So what you did on that stage, on that set, may not be what you ultimately see when you see the final product. And TV works so fast, it works so fast, it's just about product. The average TV show, one episode shoots eight, 10 days. That's it. You get three or four takes for a scene, and then it's over. But people do it for the money.