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
Robert Rodriguez quotes about
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.
technology want boundaries
I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient.
growing-up kids home
I was from such a large family that when I first met my wife, I told her: 'You can go work outside of the house and I'll stay home and continue making my cartoon strips. Maybe I'll make some commercials nearby, you know I'll do anything locally, but I would love to just stay at home and raise the kids like I did when I was growing up.'
cooks knows many-friends
I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.
hollywood tough process
Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.
should-have should like-something
For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.
data doe scientist
Data scientists are statisticians because being a statistician is awesome and anyone who does cool things with data is a statistician.
agents steps actors
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.
drag
It's such a drag to make a movie.
actors great-actors
I love working with great actors.
writing mind life-experience
Anyone who can only write about themselves or their life experiences, in my mind, isn't a very good writer.
two people different
We [Rodriguez and Frank Miller] wanted to take the movies and turn them into a graphic novel, so that people wouldn't even know what they were looking at. It's still visual storytelling, but it's approached completely different. The two mediums don't have to be separate mediums. They can be one and the same.
blessing giving people
Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.
balance best decisions distracted easily emotions fastest inside return risk
There is a real balance between risk and return in racing. Inside the cockpit, when everything is very quiet, very smooth, you get your fastest time. In investing, if you are easily distracted and let your emotions get the best of you, you end up making decisions that are sub-optimal.