Quotes

“It's such a drag to make a movie.” Robert Rodriguez

“When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change.” Robert Rodriguez

“Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.” Robert Rodriguez

“Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.” Robert Rodriguez

“I kind of like working fast.” Robert Rodriguez

“If you create a good story that has a lot of story value... I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over.” Robert Rodriguez

“Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.” Robert Rodriguez

“I usually have a couple of projects going on that are different. A 'Sin City' while I'm doing a 'Spy Kids' at the same time. I need different things going on.” Robert Rodriguez

“People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.” Robert Rodriguez

“For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.” Robert Rodriguez

“If you do a film with a studio, agents step in, they start saying, 'My actor has to get this amount of money', and it becomes about deals.” Robert Rodriguez

“Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out.” Robert Rodriguez

“What could make my life better? Oh, if I could only find that magic bottle that lets you never have to sleep. I have so much stuff I wanna do, but... That six or seven hours you have to be in bed with your eyes closed. What a waste!” Robert Rodriguez

“I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient.” Robert Rodriguez

“I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies to deliver films that look like they have high production levels.” Robert Rodriguez

“It's rare for the studios to find a filmmaker who wants to make a family film. To find someone that has an idea, embraces it, has kids and wants to make something exciting - well, they don't see that too often.” Robert Rodriguez

“When you put on the glasses in a 3-D movie they just kind of sit there and you forget about them.” Robert Rodriguez

“Changing the game is a mindset.” Robert Rodriguez

“Hollywood wants to own everything. I don't want to own anything. I don't want people just to make content, I want to empower and teach them to create content they own that they can exploit in any medium.” Robert Rodriguez

“Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.” Robert Rodriguez

“Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements.” Robert Rodriguez

“I have 5 children of my own. They are bilingual, like most second and third generations. But they speak primarily in English and they couldn't find anything on television that represented who they are in this country.” Robert Rodriguez

“The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.” Robert Rodriguez

“I love working with great actors.” Robert Rodriguez

“I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.” Robert Rodriguez

“A movie goes from several stages, from idea to script. As you continue shooting, you will make some adjustments. You're constantly adjusting. It's like a piece of music. You're constantly trying to make it better.” Robert Rodriguez

“I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being.” Robert Rodriguez

“I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.” Robert Rodriguez

“I collect a lot of art.” Robert Rodriguez

“I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.” Robert Rodriguez