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Robert Rodriguez

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Lex Fridman Podcast
#465 โ€“ Robert Rodriguez: Sin City, Desperado, El Mariachi, Alita, and Filmmaking

Because I killed her in mine. I don't want her to die. I like this actress. It's really great. And they have a really great love story. I go, well, I hope they change that part. No, they kill her. So I felt bad twice. Because I sealed her fate. I sealed her fate because I have a line in Spike Kids 2. When you create stuff, you start thinking... I wonder if that's how our creator is.

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

He's like, oh shit, I just kind of threw that in a memo and now that whole town's going to get wiped out. You know, I didn't even think about the implications of that. Because there's a line, I was making a character that Steve Buscemi plays in Spy Kids 2 and he's a creator. He just wanted to make a little miniature zoo for kids.

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

He's like, oh shit, I just kind of threw that in a memo and now that whole town's going to get wiped out. You know, I didn't even think about the implications of that. Because there's a line, I was making a character that Steve Buscemi plays in Spy Kids 2 and he's a creator. He just wanted to make a little miniature zoo for kids.

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

He's like, oh shit, I just kind of threw that in a memo and now that whole town's going to get wiped out. You know, I didn't even think about the implications of that. Because there's a line, I was making a character that Steve Buscemi plays in Spy Kids 2 and he's a creator. He just wanted to make a little miniature zoo for kids.

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

And then he thought, well, what if I put them together like a lizard with a snake and it's a slizzard or you have a spider monkey, which is like literally spider legs and a monkey top. So he makes that. And then he thought, hey, why don't I make them a little bit bigger for kids that have big hands?

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

And then he thought, well, what if I put them together like a lizard with a snake and it's a slizzard or you have a spider monkey, which is like literally spider legs and a monkey top. So he makes that. And then he thought, hey, why don't I make them a little bit bigger for kids that have big hands?

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

And then he thought, well, what if I put them together like a lizard with a snake and it's a slizzard or you have a spider monkey, which is like literally spider legs and a monkey top. So he makes that. And then he thought, hey, why don't I make them a little bit bigger for kids that have big hands?

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

And it got out of control and they turn into these huge creatures and now they're trying to eat them. So he's hiding, the kids find him hiding. And he says this one line that people keep coming, it's on the internet a lot, this meme about this, why is this line in this movie? It's so wild. I thought, I wanted Steve to come up to the camera and like, he's just, he's lost in his own creative world.

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

And it got out of control and they turn into these huge creatures and now they're trying to eat them. So he's hiding, the kids find him hiding. And he says this one line that people keep coming, it's on the internet a lot, this meme about this, why is this line in this movie? It's so wild. I thought, I wanted Steve to come up to the camera and like, he's just, he's lost in his own creative world.

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

And it got out of control and they turn into these huge creatures and now they're trying to eat them. So he's hiding, the kids find him hiding. And he says this one line that people keep coming, it's on the internet a lot, this meme about this, why is this line in this movie? It's so wild. I thought, I wanted Steve to come up to the camera and like, he's just, he's lost in his own creative world.

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

And he says, I can't even go outside because my own creations are going to eat me. Then he comes up to the camera and he goes, do you think God hides in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he created here on earth? It's like really, just for a moment, this thing.

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

And he says, I can't even go outside because my own creations are going to eat me. Then he comes up to the camera and he goes, do you think God hides in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he created here on earth? It's like really, just for a moment, this thing.

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

And he says, I can't even go outside because my own creations are going to eat me. Then he comes up to the camera and he goes, do you think God hides in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he created here on earth? It's like really, just for a moment, this thing.

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

And it's like, cause you feel like that way when you're, when you're creating stuff, like you're creating something and then now it's taking on a life on its own. And it's like, oh no, now this character has to die. Oh, I didn't want that. You know, this, this domino effect of creation.

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

And it's like, cause you feel like that way when you're, when you're creating stuff, like you're creating something and then now it's taking on a life on its own. And it's like, oh no, now this character has to die. Oh, I didn't want that. You know, this, this domino effect of creation.

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

And it's like, cause you feel like that way when you're, when you're creating stuff, like you're creating something and then now it's taking on a life on its own. And it's like, oh no, now this character has to die. Oh, I didn't want that. You know, this, this domino effect of creation.

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

And you start thinking, well, that must be what creation... Maybe he is hiding up there because, lookit, he didn't expect all this shit to happen, giving us free will and all that.

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

And you start thinking, well, that must be what creation... Maybe he is hiding up there because, lookit, he didn't expect all this shit to happen, giving us free will and all that.

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

And you start thinking, well, that must be what creation... Maybe he is hiding up there because, lookit, he didn't expect all this shit to happen, giving us free will and all that.

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

Yeah, absolutely. Because, like, if I'm writing it, but if it's not coming from me, I'm as surprised as... And Quentin would say that, you know, he'd say, you just get two characters talking when I'm writing my script, and then suddenly they're just talking to each other. And I was like, what does that mean? And now I know what that means.