Robert Rodriguez

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

— Robert Rodriguez

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

— Robert Rodriguez

What I love about new technology is that it really pushes the art. It really pushes it in a way that you…

— 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…

— Robert Rodriguez

“He said that I had creative talent, but what I really needed to do if I wanted to be successful was to…

— Robert Rodríguez

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Robert Rodriguez

When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.

— 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…

— 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…

— Robert Rodriguez

I wish I could freeze time or go back in time and watch my kids grow up all over again because it…

— Robert Rodriguez

There are real issues going on in just about any movie that's got fun elements to it.

— 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…

— Robert Rodriguez

Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.

— Robert Rodriguez

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you…

— 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…

— Robert Rodriguez

If you create a good story that has a lot of story value I think audiences like that. It's why they stick…

— Robert Rodriguez

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

— Robert Rodriguez

I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

— Robert Rodriguez

People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.

— Robert Rodriguez

“You learn to tell stories by telling stories.”

— Robert Rodríguez

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

— Robert Rodriguez

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

— Robert Rodriguez

It [lighting the set up] is quite a process. It's like drawing. It's like being an artist. You pencil it in first,…

— Robert Rodriguez