Richard Linklater Quotes

I prefer to think of film making - you know, um, the sweat is supposed to be invisible. But a lot of sweat can go into making a film. But of course, if you enjoy doing it, you enjoy doing it.

Films are hard to make and I think the word indulge really leads one to believe that it's an easy sort of business and it's really extremely difficult.

Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work.

I love making movies. But it's a lot of investing your heart and soul. It can be exhausting.

Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

I try to do as much as I can, every facet of filmmaking.

When somebody who makes movies for a living - either as an actor, writer, producer or director - lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film - a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.

Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.

A lot of hard work goes into making a film.

When you find something where you can give people a message and still make it an exciting movie, you get very, very excited about something. You probably even work harder than you normally do.

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.

With me, I probably work a lot more than people assume I do, but people don't realize how much work goes into writing and producing and making a movie.

Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process.

It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love having a company that makes films and to be prolific and have a place to put all the ideas that are constantly bubbling up inside of me and that don't let me sleep at night.

Every movie has its uniqueness. You just do your best and go with it.

Writing is never, ever easy but I wake up every morning grateful for the gift of being able to do this.

The filmmakers always have a great level of control.

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

It's hard work making movies. It's like being a doctor: you work long hours, very hard hours, and it's emotional, tense work. If you don't really love it, then it ain't worth it.

You do a film for a short time period - you put it all out there and move on.

People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.

To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work.

Making films is hard. Awesome, but hard.

I grew up on film sets but more around the process of making films. I saw a lot of the editing process and the writing process, which takes years. That really affected me growing up, that side of it.

Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.