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My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

Independent films, for the most part, to me, are not so independent. They often feel like people auditioning for a big commercial career. They often do not have independent spirit to them.

I've done a lot of independent films that not a lot of people have seen.

People are making better and better small budge independent films these days.

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

My good films were independent and my bad films were not.

To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it.

The thing I've come to learn is that what's great about small independent films is the intimacy and the communication that occurs when you're making them.

Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie.

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.