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Look: You're not gonna become a millionaire doing this, but that was never the point. And I think a lot of people in the indie film business kind of took their eye off of that.

— Edward Burns

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There's always gonna be people with a lot of money making film, and the goal is to make profit and carry on. It is a business. The goal is to make a living doing it and to be comfortable.

— Clint Howard

The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.

— Jason Ritter

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

— Ed Wood

You don't do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.

— Isabella Rossellini

I don't see me doing $100 million films because $100 million films, the very nature of them, you need to offend as few people as possible just to make your money back.

— Eriq La Salle

If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.

— Woody Allen

Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.

— Robin Williams

Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.

— Noah Baumbach

I guess, you make a big studio film, you spend a lot of money on it and you hope people go see it. It's really risky.

— John Slattery

✗Opposing Perspectives

It's an embarrassment of riches because you have directors who don't better. You end up with so much stuff going on the screen that you don't know where to look, and that's what I consider self-indulgent.

— John Dykstra