Robert Rodriguez

Where it's not manifesting so much in that way. You're just kind of following your nose. You're doing something that just sounds ridiculous. Even when I try to tell one of my teachers what I was going to go do that summer, I said, I'm going to go try and make a movie. He goes, oh, yeah? Who's going to be your director of photography? And I said, I didn't want to tell them I'm the whole crew.

I'm the DP. Oh, the actors are going to hate you. You're going to be there setting up your lights all the time. I'm like, OK, I'm not going to tell them I'm the rest of the crew. It was just because I had read this advice that meant to be good advice, but it sounded really depressing. It was someone had written, if you want to write screenplays, write three full screenplays, throw them away.

I'm the DP. Oh, the actors are going to hate you. You're going to be there setting up your lights all the time. I'm like, OK, I'm not going to tell them I'm the rest of the crew. It was just because I had read this advice that meant to be good advice, but it sounded really depressing. It was someone had written, if you want to write screenplays, write three full screenplays, throw them away.

I'm the DP. Oh, the actors are going to hate you. You're going to be there setting up your lights all the time. I'm like, OK, I'm not going to tell them I'm the rest of the crew. It was just because I had read this advice that meant to be good advice, but it sounded really depressing. It was someone had written, if you want to write screenplays, write three full screenplays, throw them away.

Your fourth screenplay will be it. It's like, I've never written a screenplay. It's very hard to write a screenplay. It's hard to write. It's like three huge meals that you're just going to dump. Why not? Okay, write the script, throw it away. But while you're throwing it away, why not also shoot it and direct it? Light it yourself.

Your fourth screenplay will be it. It's like, I've never written a screenplay. It's very hard to write a screenplay. It's hard to write. It's like three huge meals that you're just going to dump. Why not? Okay, write the script, throw it away. But while you're throwing it away, why not also shoot it and direct it? Light it yourself.

Your fourth screenplay will be it. It's like, I've never written a screenplay. It's very hard to write a screenplay. It's hard to write. It's like three huge meals that you're just going to dump. Why not? Okay, write the script, throw it away. But while you're throwing it away, why not also shoot it and direct it? Light it yourself.

Do the sound yourself so that you're training yourself on each one. So I thought, where can I do this? where I can get paid to do that, like my own film school where I get paid to learn. So I discovered that there were these straight-to-Spanish movies that are action movies. You go to the... You've seen the HEBs around here?

Do the sound yourself so that you're training yourself on each one. So I thought, where can I do this? where I can get paid to do that, like my own film school where I get paid to learn. So I discovered that there were these straight-to-Spanish movies that are action movies. You go to the... You've seen the HEBs around here?

Do the sound yourself so that you're training yourself on each one. So I thought, where can I do this? where I can get paid to do that, like my own film school where I get paid to learn. So I discovered that there were these straight-to-Spanish movies that are action movies. You go to the... You've seen the HEBs around here?

There used to be a video section to rent movies, and there was a Spanish section. The Spanish section had movies like, they were just action movies. They had a soap star. They were made for 30 grand, 40 grand. Shot on video, no action, but it had a title that looked kind of like a U.S. title, like Perros Rabiosos 2, written like Lethal Weapon 2.

There used to be a video section to rent movies, and there was a Spanish section. The Spanish section had movies like, they were just action movies. They had a soap star. They were made for 30 grand, 40 grand. Shot on video, no action, but it had a title that looked kind of like a U.S. title, like Perros Rabiosos 2, written like Lethal Weapon 2.

There used to be a video section to rent movies, and there was a Spanish section. The Spanish section had movies like, they were just action movies. They had a soap star. They were made for 30 grand, 40 grand. Shot on video, no action, but it had a title that looked kind of like a U.S. title, like Perros Rabiosos 2, written like Lethal Weapon 2.

And you would rent it and be like, just crap, people in an apartment talking. So I looked at the back of those and I thought, we can make a better one, probably for like $5,000. Because I had made a short film called Bedhead. by myself with a wind-up camera. It was eight minutes, and it cost $800.

And you would rent it and be like, just crap, people in an apartment talking. So I looked at the back of those and I thought, we can make a better one, probably for like $5,000. Because I had made a short film called Bedhead. by myself with a wind-up camera. It was eight minutes, and it cost $800.

And you would rent it and be like, just crap, people in an apartment talking. So I looked at the back of those and I thought, we can make a better one, probably for like $5,000. Because I had made a short film called Bedhead. by myself with a wind-up camera. It was eight minutes, and it cost $800.

So I thought, multiply it times 10, I could do an 80-minute movie for $8,000, but with dialogue and everything, I bet I could get it for under eight, probably more like five or six. Let's go shoot a movie, write it, shoot it. I'll be the whole crew, so I learn all the jobs, And then we'll sell it to the Spanish home video market.

So I thought, multiply it times 10, I could do an 80-minute movie for $8,000, but with dialogue and everything, I bet I could get it for under eight, probably more like five or six. Let's go shoot a movie, write it, shoot it. I'll be the whole crew, so I learn all the jobs, And then we'll sell it to the Spanish home video market.

So I thought, multiply it times 10, I could do an 80-minute movie for $8,000, but with dialogue and everything, I bet I could get it for under eight, probably more like five or six. Let's go shoot a movie, write it, shoot it. I'll be the whole crew, so I learn all the jobs, And then we'll sell it to the Spanish home video market.

No one will know it's me because it's Robert Rodriguez, a bunch of Robert Rodriguez's. I'll make three of those because I was so young. I was winning a lot of film festivals with short films. But I thought if someone sees one of my short films that's winning all these awards, they're not going to hire me to do a short film. They're going to hire me to do a feature. And I've never practiced that.