“@glenpowell I was just inducted into the “Texas Film Hall of Fame.”
Richard Linklater spoke to the crowd about our collaboration over the years. Even though “Hit Man” is our fourth movie together, technically speaking that partnership began for me when I studied Richard Linklater in my creative writing class freshman year of high school. Watching Linklater and reading Linklater is how I learned to write screenplays. Almost twenty years later, the hero I studied is my co-writer, co-producer, the greatest collaborator of my career, and one of my best friends.
Even more, I received the Hall of Fame Award from Robert Rodriguez who gave me my first acting job on “Spy Kids 3D: Game Over”…and he awarded it to me on the exact spot at Troublemaker Studios where I shot my role as “The Long Fingered Boy” when I was fourteen…a day that sent me on a life-long chase to be a part of the movies…
It’s been a long hunt, but this moment is just proof of what life can serve you up if you give your dreams enough time and road to run.
Thank you to my family, my friends, my cast mates, and the Austin Film Society for their kind words, my cousin Drew Fish for his incredible music, and thank you Tecovas for supplying my emotional support army with slick hats for the occasion.
I love Texas. I love Texans. I promise to make y’all proud.