I wasn't really sure about the kind of films I wanted to be a part of. That's when I saw 'Aaranya Kaandam.' I was stunned; it was such a stylish film.
When I was young, I went with my mum to see some really random independent films, which really spoke to me: 'My Beautiful Laundrette,' 'Secrets and Lies'... It wasn't all arthouse, though!
There was a phase in my career in my late 20s and 30s when I was doing strange, arty-farty Euro films that were, you could tell, never had much chance of any release anywhere in the world.
I came out of independent film, that's my roots.
I guess in Australia every film is sort of an indie film because there are no studios.
I'm really drawn to European films.
Indie film isn't dead, it just grew up.
I want to do experimental films.
I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
It costs a lot of money to release a movie. What you'd call art-house movies - movies that don't have big stars or big budgets - they're very hard for distributors to get behind 'em and take chances.
I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'
I want to do one or two commercial films, but also want to do off-beat movies.
Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there.
My offbeat choices definitely don't get me too much money because they are made in a very restrained budget. We do it because we love cinema, because we are passionate about the content and new ways of storytelling.
I love going to theatres and seeing honest little indie films I know nothing about... being surprised by a beautiful film I had no expectations about but just got lost in. I'd like to do more well-written indies. I don't know exactly what my dream role will be yet, but it's somewhere within that realm.
In general, I almost always watch foreign films.
We are moving into a phase where what was once alternative cinema is becoming mainstream. I like being in that space.
I saw what I could [in Mexico City], but we rarely got anything other than big, mainstream American films.
That's what I want to continue to do: really odd films, with interesting filmmakers.
People talk about making art films - experimental films. I can make an art film every day of the week. Nothing to it. What's difficult is to combine a commercial film with art.
I've become a huge fan of small films and realistic roles.
There was a year between school and getting going as an actor when I basically just watched films. Video shops were the new thing, and there was a good one round the corner and me and my brother just watched everything, from the horror to the European art-house.
I started buying films a couple of years ago. The first film-maker I began to obsessively collect was Andy Milligan. He was a New York frustrated artist.
I don't like these commercial films I do. I'd far prefer to do more artistic films, more cult films.
