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

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

Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times.
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

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

I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy.
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