Judy Greer Quotes

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.

Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.

I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself.

You make a movie for 9k for the freedom it allows you.

I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.

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.

If you want to make movies you need to think on a micro-micro level and figure out how to make them for nothing with people who really care about your movie and really want to make it.

Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.

When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself.

'Insidious' is independent. It's like the 'Clerks' of horror films, you know?

A theatrical release is not possible for a short film.

Saw' was a film that James Wan and I came up with back in Australia and we were just hoping anyone, literally, anyone would make that film and if nobody would give us the money we were going to shoot it in a garage somewhere.

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

It's so cheap to just release a movie. You can do it by yourself if you have to. Put in on the Internet, if you have to. It's... I don't care anymore. It's what I do. I feel like, until now, I just do pilots. It doesn't bother me. It's just about the experience. I get to learn.

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

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

From a completely financial standpoint, digital is starting to crack as far as an independent filmmaker's access to getting your story out there - Amazon, iTunes, all of those. It makes the prospect of doing it yourself - not easy by any means - but possible, maybe for the first time.

When you start out as a filmmaker, you do parodies, because you can't really compete on a studio level.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

Many people came out and said, 'Boy I'd love to make a film that way.' Well, borrow some money, get some people together - you can get people to work for nothing, just treat them right, treat them as human beings, not stars, give them all an equal share, make them feel a part of what they're doing. There's no big secret to it.

There will always be big companies making big movies. But making film and distribution is changing in front of our eyes. I'm not sure what the future holds for this industry.

I love films that are made with almost no budget.

It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.

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

I suppose the real cult things now are independent films made for a million pounds.