There's some freedom that you get with indie films that you don't get with the big-budget ones. There's just a different style. I hope I can switch back and forth for the rest of my career, but I've kind of grown up on indies, and there's nothing better than working with these directors so closely and and being such a huge part of the process.
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Related I think there's a, you know, certain kind of freedom for me when I get on stage. Maybe it's ... LIV WARFIELD I definitely want to continue working in independent films - and big budget stuff as well - but ther... TRIESTE KELLY DUNN Films don't always tell a story; some films can achieve effect just by being razzle-dazzle or ro... ROBERT REDFORD I was in 'Cliffhanger' years ago, so I'm a massive fan of the big event movies - the goo... CRAIG FAIRBRASS There's shorthand that happens when you work with someone you know where you can almost finish e... JOE LO TRUGLIO I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because ther... JASON RITTER There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really inte... STEVEN WRIGHT I've worked with Tim Burton five times, and it's just like being part of a family; life does... CHRISTOPHER LEE I think certainly that looking for love is a big part of the show, but I think that if - there's... DARREN STAR To be honest with you, I've been dying to do a nice indie feature - just something about a regul... FALK HENTSCHEL There is no free lunch, so if you're playing with the big train set - on big movies - it's a... JON FAVREAU I've been at the very bottom of poverty, and it's not so bad. It's even kind of interest... CAROLYN SEE Yeah, I miss it. You don't just break off a friendship you've had with a sport, and with all... LOU BOUDREAU I love stories with love in them. I just prefer those films. Every so often, I come across a film wh... RACHEL MCADAMS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I definitely feel more complete than before. There's a void you have when you don't feel you... MARIAH CAREY There's nothing women can't do. There's absolutely nothing we can't do. We're fa... BETTY WILLIAMS A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this... GEORGE EZRA I think the kind of landscape that you grew up in, it lives with you. I don't think it's tru... ARUNDHATI ROY Everyone Instagrams all the people they are with. I get that it's part of the job. But there'... EDIE CAMPBELL When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may be a com... DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Honestly, I'm cool with everyone, and people pick up on that. I'd say, 'I'm not gay,... DYLAN MCDERMOTT Yes, I mean, There's nothing like it. There is an added sense of pressure because of that, but t... MICHAEL C. HALL I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work... TAMMY BLANCHARD There's a reason that I have confidence out there, and it's about how I prepare for games an... STEPHEN CURRY I can't complain that I've had a public all through my writing life, but people don't qu... ALAN BENNETT I just don't know the art of making friends with girls. And that's the reason why I've n... HARBHAJAN SINGH There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out o... CATE BLANCHETT There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater. PATRICK WILSON When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there... JACKI WEAVER Nothing's harder than writing. There's no comparison. With directing, you can bounce a lot o... SYLVESTER STALLONE Maybe there's some kind of modeling that can be tedious, like catalogue modeling, but there'... ISABELLA ROSSELLINI I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT There's a couple of movie parts that I can't remember. There was always something kind of lu... CRAIG ROBINSON It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don&... JOHN HUGHES That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot o... LIEV SCHREIBER I don't think you can cry if the script is rubbish. I have to feel it; it's as simple as tha... OLIVIA COLMAN I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ... THOMAS KRETSCHMANN It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I wou... JASON DOHRING If you go all the way back, I've always written science-fiction, I've always written fantasy... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN So they talk about heaven, and I don't know what is waiting for me up there. But I can tell you ... STEVE SABOL I've never owned a T-shirt. I don't like vests or sweaters or cardies with zips. I like a pr... HOWARD JACOBSON As you get better and better working out, there's no one who can keep up with you running. If yo... GEORGE FOREMAN I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortun... DANNY ELFMAN I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some real... JENNIFER LOPEZ The whole idea of genre and categorising films is a critic's construct. For me, I just try and m... BEN WHEATLEY I don't care what anybody says: Nothing is better than a tomato you grow. There's something ... TOM VILSACK I love a smart, well-written show, and '30 Rock,' well, you can't get any better than th... ANDY COHEN When you work with a legend as I do, it's wonderful. There's so many things I've learned... DAN FOUTS I've gotten to wear such beautiful clothes and had such a variety and it's just been so nice... LEIGHTON MEESTER I hope I don't get driven to the point where, to be honest, I'm never satisfied. I hope ther... BEN SCHWARTZ Most of the films I've tried to make I've ended up making. And they don't necessarily go... DAVID MACKENZIE L.A. is an intense industry town, and there's a side of it that's superficial, but I surroun... JESSICA MARAIS Ireland is such an amazing country, and I have this little dream in the back of my head that someday... ANNE HATHAWAY I would love to have a conversation with you when we're working, and if I'm at a basketball ... EMILY RIOS You go through this business and you meet people that you bond with, and you get to go make movies w... CHARLIE HUNNAM I think the key is that nothing's ever perfect and you've got to be able to go with change. ... BEN SAVAGE I need to get better as a player, I need to get fitter, and I need to get better on the mental side.... MILOS RAONIC I think there's so many points of view that you want to make sure your stories are being told fr... MELISSA MCCARTHY There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's no... DAVE LOMBARDO Whether it's Brad Pitt up there, if there's a good moment up there, and you get pulled into ... DUKE JOHNSON Life stuff happens. You get knocked down, and you get back up. That's just always been my mental... ODELL BECKHAM, JR. All directors make films in individual ways. But the classical kind of view of filmmaking is that yo... PAUL GREENGRASS It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used... RONNIE WOOD I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you d... JACK NICKLAUS I think there's a void for some authentic soul music with an edge. I think there's some peop... ANDERSON PAAK Sometimes you don't want to get married too much to a lot of rehearsing, I feel, when it comes t... SEBASTIAN STAN If you put all the songs together that I've written on band records, and put it up next to my so... JAMES IHA If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more imp... ZOE SALDANA I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture turns out, I&... TOM CRUISE I feel like J. K. Rowling's world is one that is owned by everyone in some ways. People have gro... EDDIE REDMAYNE There have been times where I've said, 'Jesus, I don't believe in you anymore, get out o... MIKE YACONELLI There's not much that I haven't done in my life, but there's lots of things that I'd... ALAN THICKE I can't say that there's been some big change during my career where all of a sudden everyth... AISHA TYLER Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something ... CHRIS CORNELL There's different kinds of love, and I'd never experienced that kind of totally platonic lov... TRACEY EMIN And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. The... DJ JAZZY JEFF I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - ... ALAN ARKIN I love the entire process of being on the set and being able to create a character. It's so much... SHERRI SHEPHERD I think most of the people, once you see a Kiss show, you kinda get spoiled because I don't thin... ACE FREHLEY There's a kind of immediacy that comes with being constantly connected that I don't really r... ADAM DRIVER I find a lot of things kind of funny and I often say what's on my mind, and then get nine texts ... KATE BECKINSALE It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anym... GARY OLDMAN If you're engaged more than a year, there's something up. There's lot of debate as to wh... NICHOLAS STOLLER I'm not a malicious person. When you get past the tattoos and leather, I give people a fair shak... AL JOURGENSEN I come from - I came from Wales, and it's a strong, butch society. We were in the war and all th... ANTHONY HOPKINS I would still work with Mel Gibson! He's talented, man! Come on, he came up with 'Apocalypto... ISAIAH WASHINGTON I loved being on the set with my stepfather. I loved the magic of movies. I went on the set of '... JENNIFER JASON LEIGH My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectfu... DAVID MILCH Genes work with probabilities; they don't work with certainties. So most things that you're ... SAM KEAN There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just w... R. LEE ERMEY You don't ever know with films. You just hope for the best, but sometimes it's a bit of a cr... FAMKE JANSSEN There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that... KIEFER SUTHERLAND I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a... BENJAMIN BRATT I've worked with a lot of first time directors; in fact, I enjoy it because there is a certain b... STEPHANIE ALLAIN Winning is something you've dreamed about and hoped for, so that when you get there it's no ... RICHARD GRIFFITHS There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on... GEORGE HARRISON If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concep... JANE CAMPION
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MARILYN MONROE Sometimes, wearing a scarf and a polo coat and no makeup and with a certain attitude of walking, I g... MARILYN MONROE Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world. MARILYN MONROE I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president's birthday rally in Madison Square ... MARILYN MONROE The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - ... MARILYN MONROE Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturer... MARILYN MONROE I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few rema... MARILYN MONROE I restore myself when I'm alone. MARILYN MONROE It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone - so far. MARILYN MONROE A strong man doesn't have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn't match his strength again... MARILYN MONROE A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself. MARILYN MONROE Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don't feel like Spring. I feel li... MARILYN MONROE It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be mai... JAMES MONROE Fame is like caviar, you know - it's good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. MARILYN MONROE The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil. JAMES MONROE I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at t... MARILYN MONROE Fear is stupid. So are regrets. MARILYN MONROE No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they'... MARILYN MONROE I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. MARILYN MONROE When I hear a great country song, I get chills and I want to cry. You feel something. And just somet... ASHLEY MONROE When Clark Gable died, I cried for 2 days straight. I couldn't eat or sleep. MARILYN MONROE Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what... MARILYN MONROE