Mark Rydell Quotes

It's so nice that there's all this new space for new, good content. It's good news for us actors, since nobody makes real independent films anymore.

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.

I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films.

As far as acting in films, there is not much out there that is very interesting to do. The ones that are interesting to me are independent films and they have trouble raising money. With people putting their money into blockbusters, there is not much left for the independents.

My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

There's plenty of great independent films to do, but you can't support yourself making independent film as an actress.

The traditional Hollywood system is pretty rigid, but the film scene in, say, South Africa is booming with a lot of possibilities. If you have the cameras and reasonable capital, you can put your film in theatres next to 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' A great example of that was Kagiso Lediga's film 'Blitz Patrole.'

I put more emphasis on filmmakers than maybe Hollywood does.

I want to act for the rest of my life - and I also want to pursue directing. Watching Bill Condon direct 'Twilight' kind of made me think, 'OK yeah, I really want to do this now.' This idea that you can make an image in your head and be in full control of how it comes out - I thought that was really cool.

I think of myself as making independent films within the studio system. Yes, I've made movies with significantly larger budgets, and I've also made movies with smaller budgets.

It's great to make strong, powerful films, but in terms of people wanting to finance them, it's also very difficult.

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

The lack of 'quality' films in Pakistan was one of the reasons why I stayed away.

The more I work in the film business, the more I see that those guys, the directors, have the most fun on set.

No power on earth can ever get me back to directing a commercial film.

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

The success of 'Kick' will help in the marketing of other small budget independent films I have acted in.

There are definitely directors I want to work with like Dibakar Banerji, Zoya Akhtar, Vishal Bharadwaj, and so many more.

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

If you sell the film rights to your book, it doesn't mean there will be a film. I have sold the rights to five books and had zero films made. Take the money and be thankful.

You can't do anything yourself on TV... unless you have a LOT of money, but you can do an independent movie.

You know, independent films have been institutionalized, practically. Every studio has got a boutique arthouse label. There's like, 18 different independent film-financing funds. In fact, I think the children of those films are getting made. A more interesting question is whether those films are going to get seen and appreciated.

With the film, you have a bunch of executive producers, directors, writers, scripts. There's, management, lighting, the union and etc. There are so many components a part of that game, so naturally it isn't my world.