Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and his home state, Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth20 June 1968
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
silly people hobbies
Very few people have a lot of time to dedicate to one hobby. I was fortunate to have started so young, because when you're young you have nothing but time. Hours and hours to burn up on something as silly as a movie.
trying film fantastic
Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.
worry screw-ups film
It's easier making a smaller film like El Mariachi. There are no budget worries because there is no budget. There is no crew problem because there is no crew. And if you screw up, no one is around to see you screw up -- so it's no longer a screw up.
dream work-out world
Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out.
sleep eye magic
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!
hard-work years differences
All those years I had been making movies because I loved movies, and that's what made all the difference. If you're doing it because you love it you can succeed because you'll work harder than anyone else around you, take on challenges no one else would dare take, and come up with methods no one else would discover, especially when their prime drive is fame and fortune. All that will follow later if you really love what you do. Because your work will speak itself.
struggle together firsts
You ask any moviemaker what their favorite movie experience was, and they'll say it was one of the first ones, where everyone had to pitch in and do everything together, and you had to struggle.
wanted
The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.
technology want boundaries
I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient.
writing ideas people
Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements.
kids ideas want
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.
kind
I kind of like working fast.
cooks knows many-friends
I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.
sleep half done
I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.