Wealth & Money Quote by Griffin Dunne

There is a quiet act of defiance tucked into Dunne's breezy pragmatism: he refuses the industry’s favorite binary. Big-budget versus indie is supposed to be an identity test, a tribe you join, a brand you wear. Dunne frames it as logistics. “Go back and forth” isn’t just about variety; it’s a survival strategy in a business that tries to lock actors into lanes based on a single breakout role, a single kind of face, a single kind of movie.

The line also punctures the romantic mythology of “independent” as inherently purer. Dunne isn’t posturing about art for art’s sake. He’s saying the only ideology he’s loyal to is a compelling story - and even that loyalty has a budget footnote. “Enough money to make the picture” is the tell: craft matters, but so does basic material reality. You can’t perform your way around bad sound, rushed schedules, or a production that can’t afford the days it needs. He’s protecting the story by protecting the means.

Coming from an actor of his generation - someone who’s moved through studio systems, prestige indies, and the long middle of adult dramas - the intent feels less like aspiration than earned perspective. It’s a professional’s credo: stay nimble, chase narrative, avoid snobbery, and never confuse scarcity with authenticity.