Some films really do take years to get going, but I'd say that most of the films I want to do are… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
The pop culture tends to go to the lowest denominator, so cinema is in a weird place, due to its mass nature.… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
When you have a film that's acclaimed, there's a tendency to go big or get serious or something, but I had an… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
If you make a film about childhood, you've got to pick a moment - you know, 'The 400 Blows.' — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
My plan B has always been to make a film about people who talk a lot. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review.… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
I remember when I made 'A Scanner Darkly,' going, 'I hope people see it in theater - but I think it's going to be… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Normally my process is to sit in a room and read a script and talk about it and ask questions and just create a… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
If you establish rules and play by them, the audience will buy in. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Being alone is better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely. — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
