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> [If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the garage until your fingers bleed. I always say that - the same with writing and the same with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/if-you-want-to-be-a-rock-star-you-re-not-going-to-just-walk-on-stage/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/robert-rodriguez-8016_filmmaking_if-you-want-to-be-a-rock-star-you-re-not_3062918.jpg)

## More by Robert Rodriguez

> [A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/a-lot-of-people-who-watch-dvds-are-people-who-are-interested-in-if/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/for-me-mexploitation-seemed-like-something-that-should-have-existed/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/what-i-love-about-new-technology-is-that-it-really-pushes-the-art-it/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [ We \[Rodriguez and Frank Miller\] wanted to take the movies and turn them into a graphic novel, so that people wouldn't even know what… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/we-rodriguez-and-frank-miller-wanted-to-take-the-movies-and-turn-them/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [“He said that I had creative talent, but what I really needed to do if I wanted to be successful was to become technical.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/he-said-that-i-had-creative-talent-but-what-i-really-needed-to-do-if/)

[Robert Rodríguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [Usually, I'm just pleasing myself and I have very similar tastes I think to an audience, what that core audience really likes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/usually-i-m-just-pleasing-myself-and-i-have-very-similar-tastes-i/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/you-ask-any-moviemaker-what-their-favorite-movie-experience-was-and/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/everyone-applauds-each-other-s-success-in-hollywood-because-they-know/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/when-given-an-opportunity-deliver-excellence-and-never-quit/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [When you use the same actors a lot, you get to know them and you realize that one movie can't explore all the talent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/when-you-use-the-same-actors-a-lot-you-get-to-know-them-and-you/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/i-usually-have-a-couple-of-projects-going-on-that-are-different-a-sin/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/i-wish-i-could-freeze-time-or-go-back-in-time-and-watch-my-kids-grow/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/there-are-real-issues-going-on-in-just-about-any-movie-that-s-got-fun/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [Any time you do action and horror, you've always got to try to find a way to make it fresh for the audience, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/any-time-you-do-action-and-horror-you-ve-always-got-to-try-to-find-a/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

> [Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rodriguez/make-dv-movies-so-you-can-learn-how-to-make-films-but-don-t-try-to/)

[Robert Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rodriguez/)

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