Coco Martin Quotes

I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.

I personally like to do independent films.

I mean, there'll always be room for big productions and everything but it's good to see the other side.

I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.

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

I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.

I'm so happy and relieved for the indie spirited film world because ... I don't even know if it's indie, it's just alternative cinema that's just different than what the studios are doing and it's a big variety in that category. Everyone always is complaining about the film industry but I think it's important to acknowledge when it's actually a pretty good time when that comes back around. I'd be remiss not to say, "Hey, it's a pretty good era right now for these reasons," and maybe that doesn't last or maybe it does, but I will acknowledge it.

I would recommend going out for more independent films. You can get bigger roles and really work your acting chops and build a reel.

I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

I wish I could sit back and say, 'Oh, I'm gonna wait for a Merchant-Ivory film to come my way. Or Ivory-Merchant. Whatever it's called. But you just take what's given and then, hopefully, down the road you can be more choosy and only do, say, Wayans brothers movies. That's my goal: to be more Merchant-Ivory-Wayans.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

The movies and the parts I'm being offered are becoming better and better.

Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.

I have no illusions of being the big box office draw. But I would like to have some choices.

I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.

Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.

If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them.

I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it's a dying breed and there's a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard.

I've never done a studio movie, let alone worked for a network. Every one of my films has been independently financed.

Sometimes you find that there is better material in small and more independent movies. There's more risk-taking.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

When I was 8, my dad asked me if I wanted to audition, just for fun. I did just a little short film, and I liked it. I just kept doing it, and then I started getting bigger auditions for bigger roles.