Elijah Wood Quotes

I like the intimacy of independent films and I like the idea that people aren't being paid necessarily as much money as some one on a studio film.

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.

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

I'd love to do more independent films.

I've done so many independent movies I'm sure no one will ever see, but I've loved the work.

But it's often been the case, I've done so many countless small, independent films that really 3.2 people have seen, so you never know. You do it for the joy of the part and not necessarily expect anyone to see the final product.

I personally like to do independent films.

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.

Even in Indian cinema, there is so much work that I have accepted because I'm comfortable and so much I have declined because I haven't been comfortable.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening.

I really love independent films. There's something so determined about the people who work on them.

That's what I want to continue to do: really odd films, with interesting filmmakers.

The studios didn't really take independent films seriously, till 'Sweetback' was such a financial success.

I was still making movies so it wasn't as if I were working in a bar, but they were independent films that couldn't find distributors.

The independent films are really where I kind of come from and where I feel comfortable.

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual. But in "Iron Man" it was kind of like both worlds colliding because there was a lot of improvisation, not that we improv-ed in the scenes but to discover the actual scenes themselves.

When I go and make smaller films, I actually never think about them being made for a smaller audience.

I've been lucky to have things come to me that creatively fulfill me, and those are usually the independent films just because you have a little bit more freedom.

I'm from that world where I feel so comfortable making small independent movies.

I've never had a good game plan. At a certain point, making independent films became more and more appealing to me because I like freshness and originality.

The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom.

You cannot make a living doing independent films.

Making independent films is liberating. It eliminates self-censorship, which mainstream films are infected with due to commercial priorities.

Short films are good, especially since independent films are making waves now, more than before.