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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
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Robert Anthony Rodríguez
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Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.
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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.
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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
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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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There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.
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If you're just creative, you'll always have to rely on technical people. If you're creative and technical, you're unstoppable.
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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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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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Changing the game is a mindset.
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I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being.
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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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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.'
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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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Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.
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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.
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I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.
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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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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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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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Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.
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