Daily Inspiration Quote by Marguerite Moreau

There is a quiet scandal tucked into Moreau's plainspoken observation: in Hollywood, distribution is often the real auteur. She is not dunking on Miramax for having taste; she's pointing at the industrial cheat code where access outranks merit. A "small independent movie that isn't very good" becomes a prop in a larger system, laundered into legitimacy by the simple fact of being booked in the right room, in the right multiplex, on the right weekend. Quality is almost beside the point. The relationship is the product.

The line lands because it refuses the romantic mythology of indie film as a scrappy meritocracy. Moreau, speaking as an actress who has lived the audition-to-release pipeline, frames success as a logistical outcome: who can place a film, who can persuade exhibitors, who can promise press, awards chatter, or future business. Miramax is doing what powerful distributors do - turning soft power into hard screens - but her wording carries the sting of someone watching gatekeeping masquerade as curation.

Context matters here: Miramax became synonymous in the 1990s and early 2000s with "indie" as a brand, a bridge between festival discovery and mainstream visibility. Moreau's subtext is that the bridge is also a toll road. "Independent" can describe how a movie is made, but not how it is allowed to be seen. The most decisive creative choice might be the one made in a sales meeting, not an edit bay.