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> [No one believes this, but when I'm working, it's the same, whether I'm working on 'Bad News Bears,' 'Before Sunset,' 'A Scanner Darkly,' or 'Fast Food Nation.' I'm the same person, trying to make it work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/no-one-believes-this-but-when-i-m-working-it-s-the-same-whether-i-m/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

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## More by Richard Linklater

> [There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/there-are-so-many-great-artists-i-think-who-kind-of-suffer-from-being/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [I think people forget how radical the narrative of 'Slacker' is. There's no story, you know? We could go from one character to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-think-people-forget-how-radical-the-narrative-of-slacker-is-there-s/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-always-sensed-instinctively-from-the-earliest-age-that-i-was-being/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [It's just too late to ban all guns. There are 300 million. We should've done that after the Civil War - that's when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/it-s-just-too-late-to-ban-all-guns-there-are-300-million-we-should-ve/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [I remember when I made 'A Scanner Darkly,' going, 'I hope people see it in theater - but I think it's going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-remember-when-i-made-a-scanner-darkly-going-i-hope-people-see-it-in/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [Normally my process is to sit in a room and read a script and talk about it and ask questions and just create a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/normally-my-process-is-to-sit-in-a-room-and-read-a-script-and-talk/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's easier to get on the subway and not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/no-one-is-asking-what-happened-to-all-the-homeless-no-one-cares/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [If you establish rules and play by them, the audience will buy in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/if-you-establish-rules-and-play-by-them-the-audience-will-buy-in/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [I like films that just put you in someone's world. It can be very subversive. Hitchcock would put you in the mind of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-like-films-that-just-put-you-in-someone-s-world-it-can-be-very/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/being-alone-is-better-than-sitting-next-to-a-lover-and-feeling-lonely/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [I admire people who can just brazenly go through the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-admire-people-who-can-just-brazenly-go-through-the-world/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [The '70s kind of sucked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/the-70s-kind-of-sucked/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/memory-is-a-wonderful-thing-if-you-don-t-have-to-deal-with-the-past/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [I want cinema to be a part of my life. It's natural for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/i-want-cinema-to-be-a-part-of-my-life-it-s-natural-for-me/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

> [My dad's chill. He's the guy who, you wreck the car, he says, 'Well, nobody was hurt. It's just some metal.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/my-dad-s-chill-he-s-the-guy-who-you-wreck-the-car-he-says-well-nobody/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

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