190 Quotes by Richard Linklater

You're always just trying to make your film, tell the story you're trying to tell - best you can, you know.

Storytelling is powerful; film particularly. We can know a lot of things intellectually, but humans really live on storytelling. Primarily with ourselves; we're all stories of our own narrative.

Every stage of filmmaking's important while you're doing it, so I spend most of my time figuring out how to tell the story. I have all these stories and ideas, but it's how to tell the story.

Maybe part of being a dad means that the slightest little thing will make me tear up.

I don't see the arts as competitive at all. It was a better angel of my nature. Sports is zero-sum: winner, loser, demonstrable.

County jail in some ways can be the most dangerous because it's often the least regulated.

You don't really grow up until you quit playing sports.

Every college player thinks they're on their way. But, delusions aside, I might have toiled in the minor leagues for a bit.

My dad's chill. He's the guy who, you wreck the car, he says, 'Well, nobody was hurt. It's just some metal.'