Sissy Spacek Quotes

The quality of mainstream cinema has changed. A lot of independent voices feel they can leave everything behind and make independent films.

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

The thing I love the most about low budget films is the creative freedom.

I'd love to do more independent films.

The dean of the American Film Institute has written that I'm one of the very few auteurs in America. I've had freedom for 40 years to create art that is totally personal and is what I believe in.

I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.

I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get the orchestras in there to play a lot of stuff. But, you have a lot more freedom, very often.

I like the intimacy of independent films and I like the idea that people aren't being paid necessarily as much money as some one on a studio film.

I personally like to do independent films.

I love independent films, it's the only place as an actor you're totally allowed to breathe.

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.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

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

Going forward, I would love to work with directors like Rian Johnson and Joss Whedon; people like that who are doing big films but do have really independent voices. That's kind of what I want to focus on, is always working with people with at least an independent point of view, even if it's not an independent film.

I want to have the illegitimate child of independent film making and the budget to make it. That's my aspiration.

You definitely want to do the little films. They're always going to be harder, but you don't do them to make money. You do them so you can see what you can make with the research that you have.

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.

Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.

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.

I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.

Independent films, for the most part, to me, are not so independent. They often feel like people auditioning for a big commercial career. They often do not have independent spirit to them.

I like to make the music that I really love. You're supposed to make your favorite music that no one else played, and I'd like to just keep it at that and not really change it at all.

I love the energy of an independent film set. No one is there for the money. Everyone is there 'cause they really want to be there. It makes all the difference in the world. It's without ego and agenda, other than just wanting to fulfill a creative dream.