Peter Jackson Quotes

'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but they were indies.

I've never done a big studio film, I've only ever done little ones.

When you watch a film like 'Warning,' you would realize that it can't be made with stars.

I was in a very lucky position to be able to consider studio films and had decided to not go that route for a very long time until I read a script that I loved called 'Aeon Flux.'

Hollywood... that's not going to be my niche at all. If anyone is going wants to work with me, I would think it's going to be independent films. I'm not 22!

Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material.

In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

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.

Ultimately, making movies, if you don't have a big star, it's hard to do. Or if it's not a star director.

Thank God for small movies and filmmakers who can make movies for not $8 million. Thank God for $8,000 movies.

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

In terms of doing another franchise after 'Transformers,' I don't know if that would be best for me. I'm really happy to inhabit the world of independent film.

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.

There are definitely strictly independent movies. 'Gummo' is one. Another is one I made, 'Fresh,' a $3 million movie which Boaz Yakin directed.

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

In 1962, we created the Filmmakers' Co-Op because nobody wanted to distribute our films. If we had the Internet in those days, we wouldn't have needed the Co-Op.

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

In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

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 don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.

When the mumblecore 'Tiny Furniture' thing happened, it reminded me of the thing we were trying to do in my little 1995 way.

I was shooting for 'Bobby Jasoos' when I was offered 'Khamoshiyan.'

Even with a big budget, you can make a niche film.

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.