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Robert Rodriguez is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his innovative and independent filmmaking style. His notable works include “El Mariachi,” “Desperado,” and the “Spy Kids” series. He has become a prominent figure in the action and adventure genres in Hollywood. Here are 49 of his quotes:

I have so many friends who don't know how to cook. (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 it, in some way, to give some relevance. View quote
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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies. View quote
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Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir. View quote
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I kind of like working fast. View quote
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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. View quote
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The only thing I ever wanted to do is never have to work a day in my life. View quote
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I love working with great actors. View quote
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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. View quote
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I collect a lot of art. View quote
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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)
I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie. View quote
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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. View quote
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When you make an exploitation film, you always want to have a real issue. That's how they were always done. View quote
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The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds. View quote
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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. View quote
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Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic. View quote
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I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model. View quote
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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.' View quote
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If you create a good story that has a lot of story value I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over. View quote
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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)
It's such a drag to make a movie. View quote
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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. View quote
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It's rare for the studios to find a filmmaker who wants to make a family film. To find someone that has an idea, embraces it, has kids and wants to make something exciting - well, they don't see that too often. View quote
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Robert Rodriguez

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Photo: pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Director
Born: June 20, 1968
Quotes count: 49

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