Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.

- Steven Shainberg

The problem with most love stories in my opinion is that they're too simplistic.

- Steven Shainberg

Diane Arbus is one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly daring artists of the 20th century. Her work emerged from a deeply private pl…

- Steven Shainberg

I peeled off La Brea and went home and instantly made a reservation to come back to New York. Essentially, I fired everybody that was in my life, my …

- Steven Shainberg

I love moving through long spaces and being enclosed.

- Steven Shainberg

You hear this said about actors sometimes, that they're fearless, but she [ Maggie Gyllenhaal] really is.

- Steven Shainberg

The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

- Steven Shainberg

Theres a kind of dream that movies sell to people: You can start as the lowliest person and rise to the top. Hit Me doesnt sell this fantasy.

- Steven Shainberg

I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all like…

- Steven Shainberg