American - Director | July 30, 1960 -
I played baseball in high school, and in some parallel universe, if I had not gone into filmmaking, I may have been the coach cursing at the kids.
Richard Linklater
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I'm kind of an old theater guy, so I'm sort of attuned to it. Like, when I go to New York, I go to plays.
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I have an uncomfortable groove, 'cause I have a lot of different kinds of stories to tell.
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I always thought that I had a pretty diverse body of work, I mean, as far as subject matter. Teenage rock and roll movie; romance; '20s Western. On paper it looks different, but then there's similarities in the vibe of them.
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I'm not enough of one of those public personalities who feels as though he's been one-dimensionalized. I don't feel that strongly enough.
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Artists are great. They jump in.
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My working method has always been, 'Work really hard and get it right the first time.'
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I've done my part to 'ruin' Austin.
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When you have a film that's acclaimed, there's a tendency to go big or get serious or something, but I had an impulse to do the opposite.
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The human psyche creates structure. We all go through our lives like, 'Oh! And then I moved here.' We're pattern-seeking, structure-producing machines.
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I guess I don't have a grandiose view of the world in general, and I never believe it when someone else has a grandiose moment.
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I want cinema to be a part of my life. It's natural for me.
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