Robert Rodriguez

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.

They're still good, but, you know, there's something about a home-cooked meal. And I didn't even know how to read or write music, and I was writing...

They're still good, but, you know, there's something about a home-cooked meal. And I didn't even know how to read or write music, and I was writing...

They're still good, but, you know, there's something about a home-cooked meal. And I didn't even know how to read or write music, and I was writing...

music for a hundred piece orchestra and i was like how i figured it out by notes going there's only 12 notes you know even less than a scale so you hit three no four notes that's not bad that's a bad note okay that's pleasing to the ear and i was just writing a note by note because it's a kid's movie so i figured it should sound like a kid wrote it and i'm like a kid sound like that and i was writing pretty complex stuff not knowing what i was doing i go how is this even possible that i'm doing all these jobs i wasn't trained in so i went on amazon and i looked up

music for a hundred piece orchestra and i was like how i figured it out by notes going there's only 12 notes you know even less than a scale so you hit three no four notes that's not bad that's a bad note okay that's pleasing to the ear and i was just writing a note by note because it's a kid's movie so i figured it should sound like a kid wrote it and i'm like a kid sound like that and i was writing pretty complex stuff not knowing what i was doing i go how is this even possible that i'm doing all these jobs i wasn't trained in so i went on amazon and i looked up

music for a hundred piece orchestra and i was like how i figured it out by notes going there's only 12 notes you know even less than a scale so you hit three no four notes that's not bad that's a bad note okay that's pleasing to the ear and i was just writing a note by note because it's a kid's movie so i figured it should sound like a kid wrote it and i'm like a kid sound like that and i was writing pretty complex stuff not knowing what i was doing i go how is this even possible that i'm doing all these jobs i wasn't trained in so i went on amazon and i looked up

any book that had the word creative or creativity in it i just ordered it i don't know what section it came from they just arrived and i'm thumbing through them and one of them was really speaking about the creative process how it worked and i was like wow wow that's how it is that's how it is and then it said gels and mediums and i was like oh this is a book particularly about painting but it applies to all the other things i'm doing that's when i realized that

any book that had the word creative or creativity in it i just ordered it i don't know what section it came from they just arrived and i'm thumbing through them and one of them was really speaking about the creative process how it worked and i was like wow wow that's how it is that's how it is and then it said gels and mediums and i was like oh this is a book particularly about painting but it applies to all the other things i'm doing that's when i realized that

any book that had the word creative or creativity in it i just ordered it i don't know what section it came from they just arrived and i'm thumbing through them and one of them was really speaking about the creative process how it worked and i was like wow wow that's how it is that's how it is and then it said gels and mediums and i was like oh this is a book particularly about painting but it applies to all the other things i'm doing that's when i realized that

It's all linked. That creativity is 90% of any of those endeavors. 90% of it is just being creative. The technical part, like reading or writing music, and there's a lot of great musicians who don't read or write music. They're fantastic. The technical part, you can fudge that, like how to shoot the movie. You can fudge a lot of the technical stuff. 90% is creative.

It's all linked. That creativity is 90% of any of those endeavors. 90% of it is just being creative. The technical part, like reading or writing music, and there's a lot of great musicians who don't read or write music. They're fantastic. The technical part, you can fudge that, like how to shoot the movie. You can fudge a lot of the technical stuff. 90% is creative.

It's all linked. That creativity is 90% of any of those endeavors. 90% of it is just being creative. The technical part, like reading or writing music, and there's a lot of great musicians who don't read or write music. They're fantastic. The technical part, you can fudge that, like how to shoot the movie. You can fudge a lot of the technical stuff. 90% is creative.

And if you know how to be creative, you can literally jump from job to job and do it really well because you're coming with your own experience and your own point of view. That's why I teach my actors to paint on the set because they've never painted before and they're already being creative by acting.

And if you know how to be creative, you can literally jump from job to job and do it really well because you're coming with your own experience and your own point of view. That's why I teach my actors to paint on the set because they've never painted before and they're already being creative by acting.

And if you know how to be creative, you can literally jump from job to job and do it really well because you're coming with your own experience and your own point of view. That's why I teach my actors to paint on the set because they've never painted before and they're already being creative by acting.

But in between takes, we'll go paint a portrait of their character where I take a photo of them in character and have them paint a background. I said, just pick up the paint. You can use these three methods, any color you want. The paintbrush is going to know where to go. even though you've never painted before, it's gonna know where to go.

But in between takes, we'll go paint a portrait of their character where I take a photo of them in character and have them paint a background. I said, just pick up the paint. You can use these three methods, any color you want. The paintbrush is going to know where to go. even though you've never painted before, it's gonna know where to go.

But in between takes, we'll go paint a portrait of their character where I take a photo of them in character and have them paint a background. I said, just pick up the paint. You can use these three methods, any color you want. The paintbrush is going to know where to go. even though you've never painted before, it's gonna know where to go.

And they do it, and I put a stencil of a line drawing of their face over it. I'll show you some. You're not gonna believe it. Josh Brolin was way into it, Lady Gaga did one, Bruce Willis did one. And it's just like magic how it comes together. And it's to teach them that you don't have to know. We always think, I need to know this, I need to know that. What about the other side?