All I've learned is that you need the studio system sometimes, if your budget is a certain size, and other films you can do independently. When I think of a studio, I generally think of distribution. Since I'm a director, I have a similar creative experience on every film I do, because I can control that. But then it's a different film, I think, as it reaches the public, depending on the way it's marketed. I don't know. I haven't learned much of anything. Sometimes you need them, sometimes you don't. Sometimes they want you, most of the time they don't.
Richard LinklaterNo 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 LinklaterWhen 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.
Richard LinklaterSomething about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone.
Richard LinklaterI think maybe making films is something innate you can't really teach to begin with.
Richard Linklater