Andrea Arnold Quotes

When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting.

Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.

For me, the scale of the budget is part of the creative process. 'Swingers' is the movie it is because we made it for exactly the right budget. Had it been made for a higher number, it would not have been as imaginative as we had to make it, given the budget constraints we had.

Make your film for the least amount you can.

Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can't afford to buy weather.

When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum.

I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

I just want to make films that have enough of a budget to pull off high-level imagery but also have a budget that is low enough that I can do what I want.

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.

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film.

I'm a big believer in creating parameters for creativity. I think parameters make people more creative. So that starts with my budgets. I only do low budget movies, and I think that makes the movies better.

When you're shooting super-low-budget - we had 20 days to shoot 'Diary,' and a little over $2 - time is money.

Not all of our movies work, but we take shots, and we're able to do that because we really stick to low budgets.

I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.

It's just hard to get an independent film made.

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.

When you're starting out, you know, you have to do something on a very limited budget. You're not going to be able to have great actors, and you're most likely not going to have a great script.

Scheduling is always tough, no matter what the budget size is, and we had our own run-ins with that on 'Fading of the Cries.'

My mother gave me this book called Feature Films at Used Car Prices by a guy named Rick Schmidt. I gotta credit the guy, cuz he gave me the most practical advice. It empowers you.

I make little movies, you know, they need all the help that they can get.

Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses.

I did this film for less money than it costs to stay in this hotel. We shot it in 20 days. We couldn't screw up takes for fun because we didn't have enough film.

More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down.

The more you keep costs down, the more freedom you have creatively.

On Lock, Stock, we didn't know where the money for shooting the next day was coming from.