Ethan Coen Quotes

We aren`t the grandfathers of any movement. In the 1980s, the so-called indie film movement was a media creation. What I found irritating is that `independent` became an encomium. If it was independent, it was supposed to be good, and studio films were bad. Obviously, there are bad independent films and good studio films.

The movie people let us play in the corner of the sandbox and leave us alone. We`re happy here.

It`s easy to offend people. People get uncomfortable, for instance, when the main character in a movie is not sympathetic in a Hollywood formula way. Our movies are loaded with things that aren`t to everyone`s taste. On the other hand, there`s a scene in (O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)) where a frog gets squished that everyone seems to like. It`s all right to do the frog squishing.

The awards put a movie on people`s radars. Festivals are good, even though the idea of putting movies in competitions-this one is the best this, that one is the best that-is ridiculous.