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
breath call deep head heard looked looking saw shoulder tap took toward walking wants
I looked up and saw him walking toward me, ... I ducked my head and started looking at the floor. I thought, 'He'll have to tap me on the shoulder if he wants my attention.' Then I heard him call the other guy. I took a deep breath and let it go.
half want causes
I definitely want to produce more because I have a bunch of projects that I've either written or half written and I want to continue developing them and if cant direct one right away cause I'm doing something else I will love to still see it get made.
people empowering want
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.
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.
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.
advantage emotional irrational
We try to take advantage of other investors' emotional or irrational reactions.
american-director ask budgets less money strip though
Even though I can make my own budgets, I always ask for less money than we need so that you have to be more creative, you have to strip it down.
audiences concert continues kinds loved music tickets
(Bernstein's) music continues to be loved by all kinds of audiences, ... So get your tickets early. Our concert is going to be packed.
couple projects time
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.
delivering felt final goods imagined originally since tail technology using
I've always felt like I've been wagging the tail of the big technology dog, to see what I could get it to do. Since I started using AMD64 technology, the technology is now wagging me, to see what I can do with it. AMD LIVE! Fulfils the final dream, by delivering the goods as originally imagined by the artist.
adversity face lost mistakes money occasions people rather several somewhere tested truly
There's nothing like having lost money -- you need to go through adversity to be tested and you need to face it on several occasions to find out who you truly are. At our firm, we'd rather have people make their mistakes somewhere else.
kids
I was the one in charge of the kids growing up.
basic box exactly hit taught teach
I teach them exactly what they taught me in the camp, which is to box and not a lot of brawling. Just hit and move, basic boxing.