American - Director | July 30, 1960 -
I realized a long time ago that, even as a kid, it's all about the choices you make, the things you pursue. In the end, you're a sum of your choices.
Richard Linklater
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You don't really grow up until you quit playing sports.
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Pro athletes, how they go through the world is so elevated. The bubble they're in is one of entitlement. And that starts young. By the time they're in college, they've had it a lot of their life.
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The arts were like, there's no opponent. It's just yourself. I'm not saying they don't make the arts a competition with awards and all that, but that's outside the work itself.
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It was always kind of sad when your favorite punk rockers, like Jello Biafra or someone, would say they hate something you like. It was, 'Oh, I thought we were on the same page.'
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There are really smart baseball players. It's a thinking person's game.
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I try to avoid bad experiences.
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I've made movies where people say it's their favourite, but they don't take it seriously because it just didn't seem to break through commercially.
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To jump from the indie ranks to play with the big dogs, there's a gate you have to pass through.
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I like films that just put you in someone's world. It can be very subversive. Hitchcock would put you in the mind of a psychopath, and you'd care about them.
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Here in Central Texas, you drive west, you get the desert; you drive east, you get the woods; you've got water, you've got urban environments, you've got country. So you can hit a lot of notes.
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When I did 'Slacker,' I didn't own cowboy hats or boots. I was like, 'That's not me.'
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