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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

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Robert Rodriguez
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 20
Camera Operator
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Robert Anthony Rodríguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez
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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.
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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!
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I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.
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A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.
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I try to remind people, whether you have a growth manager or a value manager, you're going to go through cycles where you think you have a village idiot.
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Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories.
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Your mind just goes to the craziest idea to lure people into the theater, and then you write your script around those elements.
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The accidents are things that audiences always remember most, I've found on my own movies. The things that they like the most are the things that were just by accident. So you have to create a situation where nothing but accidents can happen the entire time.
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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
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You create superheroes to take care of problems that can't really be solved another way.
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Changing the game is a mindset.
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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.
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I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it is just going by too fast.
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If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the garage until your fingers bleed. I always say that - the same with writing and the same with filmmaking - if it's really your passion, you've just got to stick with it and do it.
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Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.
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Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.
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Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.
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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.
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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.
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There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.
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