Richard Linklater Quotes

I want to work with a wide range of genres because it gives each film a different cinematic energy.

I would love to do different kind of roles and genres.

It's like somehow my favorite filmmakers, you know, bounce between genres. Like if you look at a career of somebody like Soderbergh or Danny Boyle or the Coen's. I mean, it goes - there's no real through line other than just their style, but the type of genre or the type of subject matter seems to go all over.

If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in, and if ever I do something unusual like a science fiction film or an action film or a comedy or something, then that to me feels like a step to the side to do something different.

I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good.

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies. I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't mean a lyric, really. It's that question of trying to be immortal.

There's an audience out there for all these different types of things. Whether it's comedy, motion-picture drama, family movie or a cool, cutting-edge indie, it's nice to know that I can span all those different genres.

I don't intend to write the same kind of book for the rest of my life because I feel I would not be satisfied only writing in one mode.

Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films.

I'm grateful for the fact that I can choose from multiple genres and characters.

Comedy is important, and I do not want to end up being recognised for just one genre.

As far as being locked into one certain thing, that's not what I want to do. I just want the opportunity to go off and do something else, whether it's plays or musicals or whatever.

'Take Me Apart' doesn't feel cohesive in a singular way but in a varied way. You can fixate on individual songs, and there are references from all over the place: Anita Baker to Bjork. I wanted to show all the facets of myself.

Comedy is like music - there are genres and styles for every taste. Katy Perry is there for people who like frothy pop music. Metallica is there for people who like head-banging metal. And Susan Boyle is there for... well, I don't who the hell is listening to that freak of nature, but that's not the point. In art, there's something for everybody.

My aim is to do all genres, both entertainment and art.

I always wrote like rock 'n' roll. And I always listen to rock 'n' roll as poetry.

I love the idea that all genres can have subsets.

A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.

I don't want to be a playwright, I want to be a rock and roll star.

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

I try not to repeat myself. It's the hardest thing in the world to do -- there are only so many notes one human being can master. .