he's richard linklater. this is overheard. (exciting music) (applause) (evan talking) (people laughing)

he's richard linklater. this is overheard. (exciting music) (applause) (evan talking) (people laughing) (exciting music) (applause) - rick linklater, welcome. - always great to be here. - thank you very much for being here. congratulations. you know i love this movie. i've seen it so many times. i'm the most prepared i've ever been for an interview. - that's amazing. - it's great. but, you know, i think, actually, so generationally, we're not the same age, but we're close enough. this spoke to me as i suspect it spoke to you, and came from you, because this is the story of our lives at that point. - college. you know, i made a high school movie a long time ago, so the idea of making a college movie hit me probably in like 2002. it took a while for that desire to kick in, there, but once i started thinking about that, i just started thinking about, okay, what was college like? - and what was your freshmen year? you were in college in what? - it's very much like this movie. i went off to college actually '79, '80, but i'm kind o