Richard Linklater

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so my toe is more easily lopped off than most.

I'd date someone younger or older; age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.