I could not finance a movie on my own. Frankly, I could not even afford to take a year off. I, like most people in America, need to keep making money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.
I make movies for money, exclusively for money.
You can get money and make a really cheap movie. You can, from independent financers who are just giving you money to support artists. This is what was happening in the '90s, and I was very fortunate to be a part of that.
I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere.
I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.
Sometimes you have to make a movie to make money.
My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune.
I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.