Quotes by Richard Linklater

About Richard Linklater:

Richard Stuart Linklater is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for the coming of age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), the romantic drama film trilogy Before Sunrise (1995), Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013); the music-themed comedy School of Rock (2003), the rotoscope animated Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006). From 2002 to 2014, he filmed Boyhood (2014), a passion project over twelve years. Receiving universal acclaim, Linklater won the Golden Globe, Critics' Choice Movie Awards and BAFTAs for Best Director and Best Picture. He also received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, along with nominations for Original Screenplay and Picture.
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I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

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 accosted.

Richard Linklater

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles.

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on campuses. Those places are all gone.

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

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

Richard Linklater

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I didn't know would never get financing.

Richard Linklater

Author Bio

  • NameRichard Linklater
  • DescriptionAmerican director and screenwriter
  • AliasesRichard Stuart Linklater
  • BornJuly 30, 1960
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Director