Robert Rodriguez

Because they would come up to me a lot because I was making films really early on and say, I'm an aspiring filmmaker. You might hear that. I'm an aspiring comic. I'm an aspiring filmmaker. And he goes, stop aspiring. You're calling yourself an aspiring filmmaker. That's now your identity. You're always going to be aspiring. Just say you're a filmmaker.

Because they would come up to me a lot because I was making films really early on and say, I'm an aspiring filmmaker. You might hear that. I'm an aspiring comic. I'm an aspiring filmmaker. And he goes, stop aspiring. You're calling yourself an aspiring filmmaker. That's now your identity. You're always going to be aspiring. Just say you're a filmmaker.

Because they would come up to me a lot because I was making films really early on and say, I'm an aspiring filmmaker. You might hear that. I'm an aspiring comic. I'm an aspiring filmmaker. And he goes, stop aspiring. You're calling yourself an aspiring filmmaker. That's now your identity. You're always going to be aspiring. Just say you're a filmmaker.

Take one of these cards and make a business card, even if you have to handwrite it, who you are. I'm a director. I did one. I had it printed up. Director, cinematographer, editor, composer. That's who I am. Now you're going to have to conform to that. And you're going to start making films. I started making these films even for Spanish video. And so you have to think it through.

Take one of these cards and make a business card, even if you have to handwrite it, who you are. I'm a director. I did one. I had it printed up. Director, cinematographer, editor, composer. That's who I am. Now you're going to have to conform to that. And you're going to start making films. I started making these films even for Spanish video. And so you have to think it through.

Take one of these cards and make a business card, even if you have to handwrite it, who you are. I'm a director. I did one. I had it printed up. Director, cinematographer, editor, composer. That's who I am. Now you're going to have to conform to that. And you're going to start making films. I started making these films even for Spanish video. And so you have to think it through.

And I'd forgotten that lesson. So I wanted to use your gym because, you know, I like to work out now. I never did. You started as a cartoonist. I'm surprised. I was always an artist. I was really tall, you know, for school.

And I'd forgotten that lesson. So I wanted to use your gym because, you know, I like to work out now. I never did. You started as a cartoonist. I'm surprised. I was always an artist. I was really tall, you know, for school.

And I'd forgotten that lesson. So I wanted to use your gym because, you know, I like to work out now. I never did. You started as a cartoonist. I'm surprised. I was always an artist. I was really tall, you know, for school.

You know, you start drawing and then suddenly.

You know, you start drawing and then suddenly.

You know, you start drawing and then suddenly.

Yeah, well, it started when I was 19 doing the comic, but then it kept getting repeated.

Yeah, well, it started when I was 19 doing the comic, but then it kept getting repeated.

Yeah, well, it started when I was 19 doing the comic, but then it kept getting repeated.

It felt like something else, but then it really hit me later on. And I'll get to that one. It really hit me later on where I kind of put it all together around 2001, 2002, when I was doing a movie where I was, again, kind of going back to the way I did Mariachi. I was on a big movie, though. I was the writer, the director, the producer, the cinematographer, the editor, the composer.

It felt like something else, but then it really hit me later on. And I'll get to that one. It really hit me later on where I kind of put it all together around 2001, 2002, when I was doing a movie where I was, again, kind of going back to the way I did Mariachi. I was on a big movie, though. I was the writer, the director, the producer, the cinematographer, the editor, the composer.

It felt like something else, but then it really hit me later on. And I'll get to that one. It really hit me later on where I kind of put it all together around 2001, 2002, when I was doing a movie where I was, again, kind of going back to the way I did Mariachi. I was on a big movie, though. I was the writer, the director, the producer, the cinematographer, the editor, the composer.

I was doing all these things. Plus, I was doing the production design now, and I was taking on more jobs to make it more like a handmade film, more like a lot of factory movies are being made. I said, I want people just to feel different. I think they'll get a feeling from it they don't get from, you know... a McDonald's process.

I was doing all these things. Plus, I was doing the production design now, and I was taking on more jobs to make it more like a handmade film, more like a lot of factory movies are being made. I said, I want people just to feel different. I think they'll get a feeling from it they don't get from, you know... a McDonald's process.