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

Quote by Richard Linklater

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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot...

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot...

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...

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

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

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 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...

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

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'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 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...

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...

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich.

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

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 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.

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...

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

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...

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...