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Richard Linklater

Richard Stuart Linklater (/ˈlɪŋkleɪtər/; born July 30, 1960) is an American filmmaker and actor. Linklater is mostly known for his realistic and natural humanist films which revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time. Some notable films of his include the observational comedy film Slacker (1990); 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); and the rotoscope animated films Waking Life (2001) and A Scanner Darkly (2006).

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My sisters would swear that I was the spoiled kid who got everything he wanted, and I would go "No way! I worked my ass off and you guys got everything. " We're all kind of in our own narratives.

Guy, Kids, Kind, Sisters, Spoiled, Worked

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.

Disappointed, Intelligent, Interesting, Looking, People

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

Right, Size, Stories, Story, Want

I'd like to quit thinking of the present as some minor insignificant preamble to something else.

Confused, Like, Minor, Quitting, Thinking

I have a lot of films that I haven't gotten made, and that continues to trouble me. But someday, some way or another, I think I will. It's all about timing. There's a moment when you're hot and studios will make your next film, and then there's a moment when you're really cold, and they couldn't care less what you want to do next. That's when you have to recede and make lower-budgeted films.

Care, Hot, Moment, Someday, Thinking, Way

We all give ourselves a lot of leeway, but we want consistency from other people.

Consistency, Give, Giving, Leeway, People

It has to be very tight to seem loose.

Loose, Seems, Tight

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

Individualism, Internationally, Italy, Korea, Sunrise

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

Alone, People, State, Texas, Years

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

Art, Become, Entertainment, Film, Pure

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

Film, Lucky, Think, Thinking

I think casting is really important. Finding the right sensibility for the right part is an art in itself. If you're off there, you make it harder on yourself as a director. And it's fun to work that out with the actors. I don't think there's any magic to directing actors. It's very instinctual. Working with actors is really one of my favorite creative moments of the whole process, and the most fun, because it's collaborative. I spend a lot of time rehearsing. I'm very rehearsal-oriented, probably because I have some background in theater. I like knowing what will work beforehand.

Art, Creative, Fun, Instinctual, Thinking, Work

When you're in love, you're asking someone else to fulfill all your unfulfilled needs, to make you whole, and to make you feel good about everything, and no one can do that.

Asking, Everything, Feel Good, Fulfill, Good, Love You

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

Hollywood, Sucking, Talent, Way, World

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

Couple, Offshore, Oil, Worker, Years

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

Film, Films, Make, Studio, Thinking, Trouble

Definitely my generation and beyond grew up in theaters and when you make a film you think of the theatrical experience. You think of that big screen in the darkened theater with a lot of people, so that's always the thought behind it. If that's the case, it's nice if that's available. That's great, but I don't really mind if they're watching films on a plane. I don't mind. Anybody who just wants to watch a movie, I can't complain. If that's the way they're going to watch them, that's the way they watch them. Who am I to judge?

Available, Complain, Film, Nice, People, Thinking

…[Thomas Wolfe] says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives, and that, uh, anybody who sits down to write is gonna use the clay of their own life, that you can’t avoid that.

Clay, Moments, Says, Use, Writing

That's the history of art - you have to consider yourself fortunate if you ever get acknowledged. If you have a critical success that's also a financial success and that you feel good about. . . If things line up, that's pretty rare.

Art, Feel Good, Lines, Pretty, Things

Memory is a wonderful thing if you don't have to deal with the past.

Memories, Memory, Past, Thing, Wonderful

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