Robert Rodriguez

There's a line in the faculty that I gave to Elijah Wood because that was my line to teachers when they'd make me want to run and go, I don't think a person should run unless he's being chased. And they would leave me alone. But I hated it. And so then I became a filmmaker and Oh, when I was a cartoonist, my back kept going out.

There's a line in the faculty that I gave to Elijah Wood because that was my line to teachers when they'd make me want to run and go, I don't think a person should run unless he's being chased. And they would leave me alone. But I hated it. And so then I became a filmmaker and Oh, when I was a cartoonist, my back kept going out.

19, I'm like, have a cane, and my back would be out for like a month, because I would sit at the kitchen table drawing. I was so tall that it was just, it would throw my back out. I would just, disc would go out. And then when I started filmmaking, Every year we just go out like clockworks. I'm operating the camera. I'm operating the Steadicam.

19, I'm like, have a cane, and my back would be out for like a month, because I would sit at the kitchen table drawing. I was so tall that it was just, it would throw my back out. I would just, disc would go out. And then when I started filmmaking, Every year we just go out like clockworks. I'm operating the camera. I'm operating the Steadicam.

19, I'm like, have a cane, and my back would be out for like a month, because I would sit at the kitchen table drawing. I was so tall that it was just, it would throw my back out. I would just, disc would go out. And then when I started filmmaking, Every year we just go out like clockworks. I'm operating the camera. I'm operating the Steadicam.

And when I was doing, you know, Spy Kids 2, I think, with Ricardo Montalban had a bad back that he got surgery and it fucked him up. And he was in a wheelchair. He was paralyzed. So he's in a wheelchair and I'm with a walker because my back went out and he goes, Robert, I'm 84 years old. What's your excuse? You got to work out, Robert. He was always in shape, Ricardo.

And when I was doing, you know, Spy Kids 2, I think, with Ricardo Montalban had a bad back that he got surgery and it fucked him up. And he was in a wheelchair. He was paralyzed. So he's in a wheelchair and I'm with a walker because my back went out and he goes, Robert, I'm 84 years old. What's your excuse? You got to work out, Robert. He was always in shape, Ricardo.

And when I was doing, you know, Spy Kids 2, I think, with Ricardo Montalban had a bad back that he got surgery and it fucked him up. And he was in a wheelchair. He was paralyzed. So he's in a wheelchair and I'm with a walker because my back went out and he goes, Robert, I'm 84 years old. What's your excuse? You got to work out, Robert. He was always in shape, Ricardo.

That chest in Star Trek II, that's his chest. Yeah, God. I know, and he was in his late 60s or his mid-60s.

That chest in Star Trek II, that's his chest. Yeah, God. I know, and he was in his late 60s or his mid-60s.

That chest in Star Trek II, that's his chest. Yeah, God. I know, and he was in his late 60s or his mid-60s.

Yeah, they did something fucked up.

Yeah, they did something fucked up.

Yeah, they did something fucked up.

And he went to a good place, but they just hit something wrong. They fucked him up. It happens to so many people. So I go, okay, I don't want that to happen to me. But I don't know how to work out. So the next year I worked with Stallone. Class Stallone. I got to get in shape because my back keeps going out. And I don't like to work. He goes, get thee a trainer.

And he went to a good place, but they just hit something wrong. They fucked him up. It happens to so many people. So I go, okay, I don't want that to happen to me. But I don't know how to work out. So the next year I worked with Stallone. Class Stallone. I got to get in shape because my back keeps going out. And I don't like to work. He goes, get thee a trainer.

And he went to a good place, but they just hit something wrong. They fucked him up. It happens to so many people. So I go, okay, I don't want that to happen to me. But I don't know how to work out. So the next year I worked with Stallone. Class Stallone. I got to get in shape because my back keeps going out. And I don't like to work. He goes, get thee a trainer.

Anyone you've ever seen in Hollywood who got in shape, they had a trainer. What about you? Oh, I need a trainer. You need a trainer. Well, then if you need a trainer, Mr. Rocky... What chance do us mortal men have? So I hired a trainer. And guess what happened? Hated it. Hated it. I'd hide from the guy. He'd come to my house. I'd pay him not to show up. I'd hate it. I'd hide. I'd hide.

Anyone you've ever seen in Hollywood who got in shape, they had a trainer. What about you? Oh, I need a trainer. You need a trainer. Well, then if you need a trainer, Mr. Rocky... What chance do us mortal men have? So I hired a trainer. And guess what happened? Hated it. Hated it. I'd hide from the guy. He'd come to my house. I'd pay him not to show up. I'd hate it. I'd hide. I'd hide.

Anyone you've ever seen in Hollywood who got in shape, they had a trainer. What about you? Oh, I need a trainer. You need a trainer. Well, then if you need a trainer, Mr. Rocky... What chance do us mortal men have? So I hired a trainer. And guess what happened? Hated it. Hated it. I'd hide from the guy. He'd come to my house. I'd pay him not to show up. I'd hate it. I'd hide. I'd hide.