"Independent film is film that has thought in it. There's no independent thought in studio films. It'..." — Seymour Cassel

The people who know my work like my work. And that's great.

I wait for something good or something that will be fun. But they've got to pay me if they want me to work.

The whole idea of a festival to me is that filmmakers get to interact. You see someone strolling, you get to meet them and tell them you like their work, you admire their story.

With independent film, simply because they don't have the money to make a big-budget film, they're forced to make a story that's important to them, that they would like to see on film, a personal story that people can relate to, about people, where you can see the love of the characters.