Robert Rodriguez

He's designing all new systems. That's the guy you want to hang out with. Not someone who's doing what you're doing. So surround yourself by those kinds of people. And that's when you learn things like don't blink, you know, like somebody who's like really swinging for the fences and accomplishing so much. And Quentin was like that. So I met him at the festivals. He saw Mariachi. He loved it.

He's designing all new systems. That's the guy you want to hang out with. Not someone who's doing what you're doing. So surround yourself by those kinds of people. And that's when you learn things like don't blink, you know, like somebody who's like really swinging for the fences and accomplishing so much. And Quentin was like that. So I met him at the festivals. He saw Mariachi. He loved it.

He's designing all new systems. That's the guy you want to hang out with. Not someone who's doing what you're doing. So surround yourself by those kinds of people. And that's when you learn things like don't blink, you know, like somebody who's like really swinging for the fences and accomplishing so much. And Quentin was like that. So I met him at the festivals. He saw Mariachi. He loved it.

We came up, we talked and he said, you're like my next film I'm writing right now, Pulp Fiction. So I thought, man, I'm going to put this guy. He's so fun. I'm going to write him in my Desperado script, which I was writing. So that was before Pulp Fiction and all that when I had cast him. I didn't know he was going to go become such a household name.

We came up, we talked and he said, you're like my next film I'm writing right now, Pulp Fiction. So I thought, man, I'm going to put this guy. He's so fun. I'm going to write him in my Desperado script, which I was writing. So that was before Pulp Fiction and all that when I had cast him. I didn't know he was going to go become such a household name.

We came up, we talked and he said, you're like my next film I'm writing right now, Pulp Fiction. So I thought, man, I'm going to put this guy. He's so fun. I'm going to write him in my Desperado script, which I was writing. So that was before Pulp Fiction and all that when I had cast him. I didn't know he was going to go become such a household name.

I just was drawn to his energy and I'd already written him in. And I met Steve Buscemi there and I was like, I'm writing a character for Steve Buscemi. But then I went back to the Sony lot where I was working on Desperado and Quentin and I ended up having offices right next to each other on the Sony lot by accident. I didn't even know that.

I just was drawn to his energy and I'd already written him in. And I met Steve Buscemi there and I was like, I'm writing a character for Steve Buscemi. But then I went back to the Sony lot where I was working on Desperado and Quentin and I ended up having offices right next to each other on the Sony lot by accident. I didn't even know that.

I just was drawn to his energy and I'd already written him in. And I met Steve Buscemi there and I was like, I'm writing a character for Steve Buscemi. But then I went back to the Sony lot where I was working on Desperado and Quentin and I ended up having offices right next to each other on the Sony lot by accident. I didn't even know that.

I just met him and I go back and he was, cause originally Pulp Fiction was for TriStar cause Danny DeVito was a producer and he was going to make it for TriStar. So he was there writing Pulp Fiction and I was writing Desperado. So I'd go show him like storyboards from Desperado and he'd come act out scenes of Pulp Fiction.

I just met him and I go back and he was, cause originally Pulp Fiction was for TriStar cause Danny DeVito was a producer and he was going to make it for TriStar. So he was there writing Pulp Fiction and I was writing Desperado. So I'd go show him like storyboards from Desperado and he'd come act out scenes of Pulp Fiction.

I just met him and I go back and he was, cause originally Pulp Fiction was for TriStar cause Danny DeVito was a producer and he was going to make it for TriStar. So he was there writing Pulp Fiction and I was writing Desperado. So I'd go show him like storyboards from Desperado and he'd come act out scenes of Pulp Fiction.

And when we got to be really good friends that way, we'd go eat lunch at Versailles across the street. uh, the Sony lot. And then Sony passed on Pulp Fiction. It's too weird. It's too long. $8 million movie or 7 million. They're like, ah, we're going to go make the next Pauly Shore movie instead. You know, like we don't understand this thing.

And when we got to be really good friends that way, we'd go eat lunch at Versailles across the street. uh, the Sony lot. And then Sony passed on Pulp Fiction. It's too weird. It's too long. $8 million movie or 7 million. They're like, ah, we're going to go make the next Pauly Shore movie instead. You know, like we don't understand this thing.

And when we got to be really good friends that way, we'd go eat lunch at Versailles across the street. uh, the Sony lot. And then Sony passed on Pulp Fiction. It's too weird. It's too long. $8 million movie or 7 million. They're like, ah, we're going to go make the next Pauly Shore movie instead. You know, like we don't understand this thing.

And Miramax got it and they'd just been bought by Disney. So they produced their first film was Pulp Fiction. And then that thing went to Cannes and it was a whole thing. But what I loved about his story is that when he made Pulp Fiction, he had a director screening. He showed it to some directors and I wasn't able to go.

And Miramax got it and they'd just been bought by Disney. So they produced their first film was Pulp Fiction. And then that thing went to Cannes and it was a whole thing. But what I loved about his story is that when he made Pulp Fiction, he had a director screening. He showed it to some directors and I wasn't able to go.

And Miramax got it and they'd just been bought by Disney. So they produced their first film was Pulp Fiction. And then that thing went to Cannes and it was a whole thing. But what I loved about his story is that when he made Pulp Fiction, he had a director screening. He showed it to some directors and I wasn't able to go.

But anyway, I had dinner with him once and it was in my journal because I keep a journal. At 2.40 a.m. when after I dropped him off at his house, I said, oh wait, how did your movie come out? You know, Pulp Fiction, he had just finished it and he went, nah, it still feels like a movie Quentin would make. It doesn't feel like a real movie. And I was like, That's fine. What does it mean?

But anyway, I had dinner with him once and it was in my journal because I keep a journal. At 2.40 a.m. when after I dropped him off at his house, I said, oh wait, how did your movie come out? You know, Pulp Fiction, he had just finished it and he went, nah, it still feels like a movie Quentin would make. It doesn't feel like a real movie. And I was like, That's fine. What does it mean?