Quotes from Robert Rodriguez

Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories.

For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.

I was the one in charge of the kids growing up.

Creativity, not money, is used to solve problems.

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.

Don't be told something is impossible. There's always a way.

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.

Only by seeking challenges can we hope to find the best in ourselves.

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!

A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.

You create superheroes to take care of problems that can't really be solved another way.

I don't think anyone can be more of a predator than a human being.

Usually, I'm just pleasing myself and I have very similar tastes I think to an audience, what that core audience really likes.

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.

If I'm excited about it, I'm pretty sure an audience is going to enjoy it. If I'm bored with an idea, you can bet they're going to be asleep. So I try to only do things that I'm fairly excited about.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

Not knowing how to cook is like not knowing how to fuck.

You learn to tell stories by telling stories.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.

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

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

I want to push technology boundaries to be more efficient.

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.