Whit Stillman Quotes

I write box notes for Kino International, which specializes in distributing foreign films.

I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.

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

I started doing independent films. My first one was 'Miss Bala,' which was very well-received at film festivals.

Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.

Hollywood exists only for the B-movies. The best things are coming from Europe.

My family don't watch a lot of what I do. Films are a bit too arty-farty for them, certainly the ones I do!

As long as there's really good actors that use their clout to support fringe films, whatever genre it is, they'll still get made.

I grew up thinking there was something called 'independent film,' which I wouldn't necessarily have had access to if there wasn't Sundance.

I'm no longer interested in being in big commercial films.

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

I want to see that 'Anita' documentary. I want to see 'Lovelace'; I want to see 'After Midnight,' because I saw the other two and I loved them. I thought the last one was great.

I'm not an especially highbrow person, but I have always loved small, quirky, edgy movies.

I've done a lot of independent films that not a lot of people have seen.

I'd say my heart is more in independents, but sometimes these major films come along that are pretty good, you know?

The films that are coming out of SXSW are incredible, and they should get the same bids that films at Sundance are getting.

Multiplex cinema culture has created a level-playing field for directors where small budget movies are able to break even, even make profit.

I lived within walking distance of Harvard Square, and that's where I discovered my love of cinema. I saw a lot of foreign and independent films there.

Film festivals give less of a platform to mainstream films because they already have a market.

I come from a background of independent films.

I think most of the time with independent films, you don't know where it's gonna end up. I've done a number of films that may never see the light of day, so it ends up being exclusively about the content, material, the characters and the story. Things that you maybe wouldn't get an opportunity to do otherwise. So, as an actor, obviously it's so different.

Unfortunately, the small comedies I've done have hardly seen the light of day, which is kinda sad. Dirty Girl was a lot of fun, and I'm so glad it got picked up in Toronto. People really liked it!

I try to balance independent films with commercial films, and I've done a pretty good job of it over the years.

I'm a member of BAFTA, so I vote in all the films that come up for the Academy Awards.

I don't watch too many films.