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Robert Rodriguez

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
3500 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

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?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

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?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

He goes, oh, Robert, you just don't blink. And I was like, whoa. Now I see how he got through it. Just don't blink. Just like, you know what's coming? Don't blink. And to him, it's like a Clint Eastwood line, right? But it was like, you could see he was telling the truth and you could see that's how he did it. He just avoided all criticism by just not blinking.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

He goes, oh, Robert, you just don't blink. And I was like, whoa. Now I see how he got through it. Just don't blink. Just like, you know what's coming? Don't blink. And to him, it's like a Clint Eastwood line, right? But it was like, you could see he was telling the truth and you could see that's how he did it. He just avoided all criticism by just not blinking.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

He goes, oh, Robert, you just don't blink. And I was like, whoa. Now I see how he got through it. Just don't blink. Just like, you know what's coming? Don't blink. And to him, it's like a Clint Eastwood line, right? But it was like, you could see he was telling the truth and you could see that's how he did it. He just avoided all criticism by just not blinking.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

It's like, it's designed to make you blink and you're just not going to blink because you're committing to a body of work. He just keeps cranking out movies, whatever he feels like doing, he does. And that was like the most part. And it never bothered me again. I just like always kept that in mind. I tell that to my actors. I tell that people that story has traveled.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

It's like, it's designed to make you blink and you're just not going to blink because you're committing to a body of work. He just keeps cranking out movies, whatever he feels like doing, he does. And that was like the most part. And it never bothered me again. I just like always kept that in mind. I tell that to my actors. I tell that people that story has traveled.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

It's like, it's designed to make you blink and you're just not going to blink because you're committing to a body of work. He just keeps cranking out movies, whatever he feels like doing, he does. And that was like the most part. And it never bothered me again. I just like always kept that in mind. I tell that to my actors. I tell that people that story has traveled.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

I even had some little actors who were like starting to get a bit. I said, remember, tell you a couple of things. Some people have told me you're never as good as people say you are. And it never is bad either. George Clooney told me that. He said, remember that. And then the second one, Spielberg, don't blink.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

I even had some little actors who were like starting to get a bit. I said, remember, tell you a couple of things. Some people have told me you're never as good as people say you are. And it never is bad either. George Clooney told me that. He said, remember that. And then the second one, Spielberg, don't blink.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

I even had some little actors who were like starting to get a bit. I said, remember, tell you a couple of things. Some people have told me you're never as good as people say you are. And it never is bad either. George Clooney told me that. He said, remember that. And then the second one, Spielberg, don't blink.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Again, yeah, sort of. I think... if you told me what would be my vision for the future, just committing to a body of work, which I've just kept doing. Like that's, it's about as far as you can see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Again, yeah, sort of. I think... if you told me what would be my vision for the future, just committing to a body of work, which I've just kept doing. Like that's, it's about as far as you can see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Again, yeah, sort of. I think... if you told me what would be my vision for the future, just committing to a body of work, which I've just kept doing. Like that's, it's about as far as you can see.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Like I wasn't sure because you don't always know what the, you might not have the vision yet because you don't have the information yet. So if you just commit to a body of work, you'll start figuring out more reasons to keep doing that body of work. So when I turned 50, I was like, I guess I could just keep making movies. I mean, I guess that's been good for me. I guess I could just make more.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Like I wasn't sure because you don't always know what the, you might not have the vision yet because you don't have the information yet. So if you just commit to a body of work, you'll start figuring out more reasons to keep doing that body of work. So when I turned 50, I was like, I guess I could just keep making movies. I mean, I guess that's been good for me. I guess I could just make more.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Like I wasn't sure because you don't always know what the, you might not have the vision yet because you don't have the information yet. So if you just commit to a body of work, you'll start figuring out more reasons to keep doing that body of work. So when I turned 50, I was like, I guess I could just keep making movies. I mean, I guess that's been good for me. I guess I could just make more.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

I kind of done that already, but it's always fun and it's always new. I guess I could make more, but it wasn't a lot of drive, right? It's like, well, I guess I could just keep doing the body. You know, that's not as much as I can't wait to keep doing another season. But I didn't know how to get to that point. So I thought, you know what? I got this job so early. I was in the early 20s.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

I kind of done that already, but it's always fun and it's always new. I guess I could make more, but it wasn't a lot of drive, right? It's like, well, I guess I could just keep doing the body. You know, that's not as much as I can't wait to keep doing another season. But I didn't know how to get to that point. So I thought, you know what? I got this job so early. I was in the early 20s.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

I kind of done that already, but it's always fun and it's always new. I guess I could make more, but it wasn't a lot of drive, right? It's like, well, I guess I could just keep doing the body. You know, that's not as much as I can't wait to keep doing another season. But I didn't know how to get to that point. So I thought, you know what? I got this job so early. I was in the early 20s.