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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.

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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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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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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There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.
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I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.
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Changing the game is a mindset.
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