Alright, Alright, Alright Quotes

“Richard Linklater: First, we became a midnight film. We would play for an entire year at certain theaters. They would turn it into a mini-concert where you go in the theater and you could smell the pot smoke.

Jason London: I heard stories about how we'd kicked Rocky Horror out of its venues because people wanted to get in to watch Dazed and Confused instead.

Anthony Rapp: There was a thing called the Brew and View in Chicago where they served beer and put up a screen at different venues. And I don't know if it was as orchestrated as a Rocky Horror thing but every time Wiley [Wiggins] touched his nose, they drank [me: yeah we did].

Wiley Wiggins: That will kill you! Don't do that!”
― Melissa Maerz, Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused

“Richard Linklater: […] Maybe this sounds paranoid, but I think the goal of the greater world is for you to have a mediocre life, not realizing what you want in the world”
― Melissa Maerz, Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused

“Richard Linklater: A lot of directing is like being a coach. You bring a team together with a common goal, no competition between them. And the coach wants you to be great, to maximize your potential, not just for yourself, but maybe because he gets a victory and he wins the championship and then he gets hired at the next job up the line. I want you to be great because I wanna make a good movie and I want you to be proud to have been in it! That’s just been the way I’ve gotten the best results. Cooperative, collaborative atmosphere, but one goal.”
― Melissa Maerz, Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused