Robert Rodriguez quotes - page 2

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.

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

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Yeah, I was always a big fan of noir.

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I kind of like working fast.

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

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I love working with great actors.

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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 collect a lot of art.

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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.

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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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When you make an exploitation film, you always want to have a real issue. That's how they were always done.

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The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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