Robert Rodriguez
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Podcast Appearances
If I can sell it, I'll be paid to practice. So I thought, OK, we got to figure out who this guy is. OK, how about he's a control partner who's coming into town? But wait, who's the guy that shoots the place up? Let's start with him in jail. I read a story about a guy in Mexico who was running his drug business from his jail cell. And he used it as protection. He could walk out at any time.
If I can sell it, I'll be paid to practice. So I thought, OK, we got to figure out who this guy is. OK, how about he's a control partner who's coming into town? But wait, who's the guy that shoots the place up? Let's start with him in jail. I read a story about a guy in Mexico who was running his drug business from his jail cell. And he used it as protection. He could walk out at any time.
If I can sell it, I'll be paid to practice. So I thought, OK, we got to figure out who this guy is. OK, how about he's a control partner who's coming into town? But wait, who's the guy that shoots the place up? Let's start with him in jail. I read a story about a guy in Mexico who was running his drug business from his jail cell. And he used it as protection. He could walk out at any time.
Someone puts a hit on him in jail. He shoots them up, tells the bad guy, I'm coming after you now. I'm coming to your town. I'm going to shoot up your town. He passes the mariachi on the road. The mariachi is a mariachi, the guy who just wants to be a musician. We get to know who he is. And then he walks in the bar. And then the guy comes and shoots the place up.
Someone puts a hit on him in jail. He shoots them up, tells the bad guy, I'm coming after you now. I'm coming to your town. I'm going to shoot up your town. He passes the mariachi on the road. The mariachi is a mariachi, the guy who just wants to be a musician. We get to know who he is. And then he walks in the bar. And then the guy comes and shoots the place up.
Someone puts a hit on him in jail. He shoots them up, tells the bad guy, I'm coming after you now. I'm coming to your town. I'm going to shoot up your town. He passes the mariachi on the road. The mariachi is a mariachi, the guy who just wants to be a musician. We get to know who he is. And then he walks in the bar. And then the guy comes and shoots the place up.
Well, now he's got to leave and go to another place. So now he's got to go meet the girl. And because it's a movie about a guitar player, he's got to have some kind of tragic past because Road Warrior had a tragic past. Mad Max, he lost his wife and kid. Oh, my gosh, he has to die because that's going to be every movie is going to be like a sad song in a songbook.
Well, now he's got to leave and go to another place. So now he's got to go meet the girl. And because it's a movie about a guitar player, he's got to have some kind of tragic past because Road Warrior had a tragic past. Mad Max, he lost his wife and kid. Oh, my gosh, he has to die because that's going to be every movie is going to be like a sad song in a songbook.
Well, now he's got to leave and go to another place. So now he's got to go meet the girl. And because it's a movie about a guitar player, he's got to have some kind of tragic past because Road Warrior had a tragic past. Mad Max, he lost his wife and kid. Oh, my gosh, he has to die because that's going to be every movie is going to be like a sad song in a songbook.
So it kind of just broke that fast. I went and I shot it.
So it kind of just broke that fast. I went and I shot it.
So it kind of just broke that fast. I went and I shot it.
I do this for everything. For everything. I tell people, I do this talk where I, by the end of the talk, I say, I keep these in my... In my bag. It always makes me smile because I know I've made a million dollars with this before.
I do this for everything. For everything. I tell people, I do this talk where I, by the end of the talk, I say, I keep these in my... In my bag. It always makes me smile because I know I've made a million dollars with this before.
I do this for everything. For everything. I tell people, I do this talk where I, by the end of the talk, I say, I keep these in my... In my bag. It always makes me smile because I know I've made a million dollars with this before.
Rubber bands. I gave this in a cool little leather bag for my kids one Christmas. I thought they would say, what's this shit? They loved it. I said, you can change your life with this thing. Because a lot of times, you know, you go to therapy not for answers. You go for questions. We have the answers inside us. Usually we ask ourselves terrible questions.
Rubber bands. I gave this in a cool little leather bag for my kids one Christmas. I thought they would say, what's this shit? They loved it. I said, you can change your life with this thing. Because a lot of times, you know, you go to therapy not for answers. You go for questions. We have the answers inside us. Usually we ask ourselves terrible questions.
Rubber bands. I gave this in a cool little leather bag for my kids one Christmas. I thought they would say, what's this shit? They loved it. I said, you can change your life with this thing. Because a lot of times, you know, you go to therapy not for answers. You go for questions. We have the answers inside us. Usually we ask ourselves terrible questions.
The therapist asks you questions like, why didn't they make you feel? Why did you do that? What's going on? If we do our own questions like, what's next? What goes before this? Your mind comes up with the answer if you ask the right question. So I've used this for like, we usually ask unempowering questions.
The therapist asks you questions like, why didn't they make you feel? Why did you do that? What's going on? If we do our own questions like, what's next? What goes before this? Your mind comes up with the answer if you ask the right question. So I've used this for like, we usually ask unempowering questions.