Robert Rodriguez

This is the base of the best thing. One gal in one of the talks, she said, okay, you're all positive, but what do I tell myself when I just spent a year and a half doing something and it didn't work out? I said, well, that's a very negative way to ask that. Can you rephrase the question first? Then I'll attempt. And she went, I learned a good lesson the hard way. I said, no, that still sucks.

If you're focused on the failure, if you followed your instinct and it didn't work out, It doesn't mean you're wrong. Sometimes the only way across the river is to slip on the first two rocks. It's the only way. And if you just stay there, you're not going to go. So you have to embrace the failure.

If you're focused on the failure, if you followed your instinct and it didn't work out, It doesn't mean you're wrong. Sometimes the only way across the river is to slip on the first two rocks. It's the only way. And if you just stay there, you're not going to go. So you have to embrace the failure.

If you're focused on the failure, if you followed your instinct and it didn't work out, It doesn't mean you're wrong. Sometimes the only way across the river is to slip on the first two rocks. It's the only way. And if you just stay there, you're not going to go. So you have to embrace the failure.

Because if you're going on instinct, I mean, you're doing it literally on instinct, not like someone said, hey, go over there. There's a money-making scheme. Go do that. Literally, you had the instinct. And my best example is four rooms. It's a movie I did with Quentin. Because if you study the ashes of your failure, you'll find a key to your next success.

Because if you're going on instinct, I mean, you're doing it literally on instinct, not like someone said, hey, go over there. There's a money-making scheme. Go do that. Literally, you had the instinct. And my best example is four rooms. It's a movie I did with Quentin. Because if you study the ashes of your failure, you'll find a key to your next success.

Because if you're going on instinct, I mean, you're doing it literally on instinct, not like someone said, hey, go over there. There's a money-making scheme. Go do that. Literally, you had the instinct. And my best example is four rooms. It's a movie I did with Quentin. Because if you study the ashes of your failure, you'll find a key to your next success.

Four different movies, four different stories. And I love short stories because I had made a bunch of short films. I thought, oh, I want to do that. So when Quentin asked, and I asked the audience, I like asking the audience, how would you answer this? Quentin goes, hey, I'm going to make a movie called Four Rooms. Four different directors. You've got to use the bellhop. It's New Year's Eve.

Four different movies, four different stories. And I love short stories because I had made a bunch of short films. I thought, oh, I want to do that. So when Quentin asked, and I asked the audience, I like asking the audience, how would you answer this? Quentin goes, hey, I'm going to make a movie called Four Rooms. Four different directors. You've got to use the bellhop. It's New Year's Eve.

Four different movies, four different stories. And I love short stories because I had made a bunch of short films. I thought, oh, I want to do that. So when Quentin asked, and I asked the audience, I like asking the audience, how would you answer this? Quentin goes, hey, I'm going to make a movie called Four Rooms. Four different directors. You've got to use the bellhop. It's New Year's Eve.

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I figured because that's why you're here right now. Because we're not that smart. I'm not that smart. I couldn't have figured this shit out. It's because I was just at an instinct to go that way when everyone else was going that way. And you're going to stumble. You're going to fall. But you're going to stumble upon.

I figured because that's why you're here right now. Because we're not that smart. I'm not that smart. I couldn't have figured this shit out. It's because I was just at an instinct to go that way when everyone else was going that way. And you're going to stumble. You're going to fall. But you're going to stumble upon.

I figured because that's why you're here right now. Because we're not that smart. I'm not that smart. I couldn't have figured this shit out. It's because I was just at an instinct to go that way when everyone else was going that way. And you're going to stumble. You're going to fall. But you're going to stumble upon.

You're going to stumble upon ideas no one thought of because you're going the way that's not picked clean already. Right, right. So I just like four rooms. I said, yeah. Now, if I had just studied a little bit, I would have seen that anthologies like that never work. Like even when it's Scorsese, you know, Woody Allen and Coppola, they did one.

You're going to stumble upon ideas no one thought of because you're going the way that's not picked clean already. Right, right. So I just like four rooms. I said, yeah. Now, if I had just studied a little bit, I would have seen that anthologies like that never work. Like even when it's Scorsese, you know, Woody Allen and Coppola, they did one.

You're going to stumble upon ideas no one thought of because you're going the way that's not picked clean already. Right, right. So I just like four rooms. I said, yeah. Now, if I had just studied a little bit, I would have seen that anthologies like that never work. Like even when it's Scorsese, you know, Woody Allen and Coppola, they did one.

Nobody goes to see it because they don't know how to wrap their head around it. What is this, three movies? Is this an anthology? It doesn't work. If I had studied first, should I have changed my answer? Nobody knows that answer. Well, I'm going to go on instinct. I'm going to say I say instinct anyway. Movie bombs doesn't do well at all.