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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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Robert Rodriguez
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 20
Camera Operator
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USA
Robert Anthony Rodríguez
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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.
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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.
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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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A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.
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Any time you do action and horror, you've always got to try to find a way to make it fresh for the audience, but also for yourself, and there are so many different ways to freak people out and create tension.
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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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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 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.
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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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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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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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I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.
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Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.
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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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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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When you take technology and mix it with art, you always come up with something innovative.
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I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.
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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
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I'm all about freedom in art. I'm from Texas, so when someone tells you which way to ride your horse, you think 'I'll just go to a different ranch. You guys are riding it backwards anyway.
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