When you are making an independent film, money is never an issue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind money is the end. Right now, I think independent film is very confused, because there's excess pressure in the marketplace for entertainment to pay off.
My choice of films has never been governed by money. That is perhaps why I don't have a very fancy bank account. I'd rather get respect and creative satisfaction through my work than just earn money.
I make movies for money, exclusively for money.
It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.
It's a sin to have your films not to make money.
A lot of times, you do independent films for passion because you may even lose money doing one, but it doesn't matter.
I've never made a movie to make money. I've never made a painting to make money.
I've never made a film that lost money.