Robert Rodriguez quotes

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:

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit. (Robert Rodriguez)
People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there. View quote
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You create superheroes to take care of problems that can't really be solved another way. View quote
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Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories. View quote
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Don't be told something is impossible. There's always a way. View quote
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Changing the game is a mindset. View quote
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When you go off in the world and make your life, and you come back to your home town, and you find your old high-school friends driving in the same circles, doing the same things, that's what Hollywood's like. It's a little block, little town. It doesn't really grow or change. View quote
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A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology. (Robert Rodriguez)
The challenge is what was making it exciting. You don't want to do anything that's too easy or that you know that you can pull off, otherwise it's really not worth doing. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being. View quote
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Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves. View quote
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I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping. View quote
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Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them. View quote
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When you put on the glasses in a 3-D movie they just kind of sit there and you forget about them. View quote
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For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't. View quote
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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! View quote
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People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S. (Robert Rodriguez)
I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that you can't imagine until you come up with the idea. It's idea-based. You can do anything. 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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