Robert Rodriguez

I'll tell you something that my best advice I ever got early on. I was so fortunate. from an unlikely place. Because he's such a, he sounded like Clint Eastwood when he said it. It was funny when you said that. But I got Desperado and had Antonio Banderas. I brought Antonio to be in it from Europe. Big action movie. And so Spielberg saw it and he said, hey, I want you to do Zorro with Antonio.

So we're working on it for a while. I was working on the pre-production, got to work with Spielberg doing that. It ended up stalling because there was like two studios involved and Amblin was moving or it was some weird thing where, but I got to work with him for about five months, you know?

So we're working on it for a while. I was working on the pre-production, got to work with Spielberg doing that. It ended up stalling because there was like two studios involved and Amblin was moving or it was some weird thing where, but I got to work with him for about five months, you know?

So we're working on it for a while. I was working on the pre-production, got to work with Spielberg doing that. It ended up stalling because there was like two studios involved and Amblin was moving or it was some weird thing where, but I got to work with him for about five months, you know?

And I started getting really nervous because it's like, oh shit, you start thinking about, even movies of his that people would say, oh, you know, Temple of Doom's not as good as Raiders. Have you seen Temple of Doom? I'd kill to fucking do that movie. If I could make Zorro as good as that one, the one that people said, it's like, people don't know how good they had it with that guy.

And I started getting really nervous because it's like, oh shit, you start thinking about, even movies of his that people would say, oh, you know, Temple of Doom's not as good as Raiders. Have you seen Temple of Doom? I'd kill to fucking do that movie. If I could make Zorro as good as that one, the one that people said, it's like, people don't know how good they had it with that guy.

And I started getting really nervous because it's like, oh shit, you start thinking about, even movies of his that people would say, oh, you know, Temple of Doom's not as good as Raiders. Have you seen Temple of Doom? I'd kill to fucking do that movie. If I could make Zorro as good as that one, the one that people said, it's like, people don't know how good they had it with that guy.

But I started thinking, I even said, man, I just rewatched Temple of Doom last night. I don't know how I'm going to do this horror movie. I've just never done anything like that. You start getting afraid because you go, the second thing, he said, all right, you're going to do fine. But then I started thinking, this guy at that time, you don't know the era, but this was like mid-90s.

But I started thinking, I even said, man, I just rewatched Temple of Doom last night. I don't know how I'm going to do this horror movie. I've just never done anything like that. You start getting afraid because you go, the second thing, he said, all right, you're going to do fine. But then I started thinking, this guy at that time, you don't know the era, but this was like mid-90s.

But I started thinking, I even said, man, I just rewatched Temple of Doom last night. I don't know how I'm going to do this horror movie. I've just never done anything like that. You start getting afraid because you go, the second thing, he said, all right, you're going to do fine. But then I started thinking, this guy at that time, you don't know the era, but this was like mid-90s.

He was making the biggest, best movies of all. And people would shit all over this guy. They would throw so much. They were so jealous. Press, audience, everyone was just like hits at him, just throwing rocks at him for everything. Spielberg? Yeah. You can't imagine it now. You had to been at that time. Now everyone has respect for him, but they made him run a fucking gauntlet.

He was making the biggest, best movies of all. And people would shit all over this guy. They would throw so much. They were so jealous. Press, audience, everyone was just like hits at him, just throwing rocks at him for everything. Spielberg? Yeah. You can't imagine it now. You had to been at that time. Now everyone has respect for him, but they made him run a fucking gauntlet.

He was making the biggest, best movies of all. And people would shit all over this guy. They would throw so much. They were so jealous. Press, audience, everyone was just like hits at him, just throwing rocks at him for everything. Spielberg? Yeah. You can't imagine it now. You had to been at that time. Now everyone has respect for him, but they made him run a fucking gauntlet.

And they were like, Jurassic Park. Yeah. You can't even imagine it now, but you should have seen the climate. It freaked me out. Cause I'm like, Maybe I should just stay under the radar where I've been, you know, not poke my head out so much. Yeah. Cause this guy has a head out and they're unwarranted. You can't even fathom it now. Cause you weren't here at that time. It was crazy.

And they were like, Jurassic Park. Yeah. You can't even imagine it now, but you should have seen the climate. It freaked me out. Cause I'm like, Maybe I should just stay under the radar where I've been, you know, not poke my head out so much. Yeah. Cause this guy has a head out and they're unwarranted. You can't even fathom it now. Cause you weren't here at that time. It was crazy.

And they were like, Jurassic Park. Yeah. You can't even imagine it now, but you should have seen the climate. It freaked me out. Cause I'm like, Maybe I should just stay under the radar where I've been, you know, not poke my head out so much. Yeah. Cause this guy has a head out and they're unwarranted. You can't even fathom it now. Cause you weren't here at that time. It was crazy.

You would never even think of him that way. I'm glad it changed because back then it was just, it made people not want to be successful. And I made me be worried. Like maybe I shouldn't be go making a movie that has his name on it. That's going to put my head out in a whole different realm of filmmaking at a studio level.

You would never even think of him that way. I'm glad it changed because back then it was just, it made people not want to be successful. And I made me be worried. Like maybe I shouldn't be go making a movie that has his name on it. That's going to put my head out in a whole different realm of filmmaking at a studio level.

You would never even think of him that way. I'm glad it changed because back then it was just, it made people not want to be successful. And I made me be worried. Like maybe I shouldn't be go making a movie that has his name on it. That's going to put my head out in a whole different realm of filmmaking at a studio level.

Because even if I make a good movie, if I make a great movie, he's making great movies and he's getting this dog shit. I don't know if I could take it, you know? So I asked him, because you don't know how resilient you can be. So I said, damn it, man. How do you do it? How do you, how do you, what do you do when people just throw rocks at you all day long?