I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.
I like independent movies, documentaries. There's not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig.
I've had some of the best craft services on independent movies, actually, because they get more creative, generally, with a smaller budget. The work is still the same. I didn't really notice the difference other than I was getting dressed behind a curtain, basically.
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can't.
I don't want to produce anymore small or independent movies because it's just too hard these days.
Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I've been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn't quite ready for the attention.
I've done so many independent movies I'm sure no one will ever see, but I've loved the work.
I didn't know this about myself, but when 'Pirates of the Caribbean' came out I realised that I didn't enjoy a huge amount of recognition. I didn't react to it well, but I think life is about finding out who you are and what you like. So I started doing independent movies and art-house films instead.
There are definitely strictly independent movies. 'Gummo' is one. Another is one I made, 'Fresh,' a $3 million movie which Boaz Yakin directed.
Most of my work has been independent movies outside the mainstream system.
