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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.

Robert Rodriguez

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Robert Rodriguez
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 20
Camera Operator
Cinematographer
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Film Actor
Film Director
Film Editor
Film Producer
Musician
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Robert Anthony Rodríguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez
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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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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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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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Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.
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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 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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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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