Quotes by Robert Rodriguez

About Robert Rodriguez:

Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, cartoonist and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in Mexico and Texas, his home state. He has directed successful and groundbreaking film sagas such as the Mexico Trilogy (consisting of El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico), From Dusk till Dawn and the 2014 TV series, and the Spy Kids films, as well as The Faculty, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D, Sin City, Planet Terror and Machete. He is a friend and frequent collaborator of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. In December 2013, Rodriguez launched his own cable television channel, El Rey.
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The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.

Robert Rodriguez

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 ...

Robert Rodriguez

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!

Robert Rodriguez

The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life.

Robert Rodriguez

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.

Robert Rodriguez

I usually have a couple of projects going on that are different. A 'Sin City' while I'm doing a 'Spy Kids' at the same time. I need different things going on.

Robert Rodriguez

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.

Robert Rodriguez

If you do a film with a studio, agents step in, they start saying, 'My actor has to get this amount of money', and it becomes about deals.

Robert Rodriguez

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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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.

Robert Rodriguez

I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

Robert Rodriguez

People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.

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Sometimes I feel like I'm in a dream world, because it doesn't always seem too logical how things work out.

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I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies to deliver films that look like they have high production levels.

Robert Rodriguez

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Rodriguez
  • DescriptionAmerican film director and producer
  • BornJune 20, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Screenwriter; Musician; Camera Operator; Composer