I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

Quote by Richard Linklater

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Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last...

Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last...

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I...

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I...

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as...

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as...

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so...

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so...

The truth will only be told over a career.

The truth will only be told over a career.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on...

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on...

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I...

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I...

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't...

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't...

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock,...

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock,...

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's...

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's...

I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for...

I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for...

Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to...

Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to...

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever...

I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever...

Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it.

Hollywood has a way of sucking the world's talent to it.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.