Robert Rodriguez

Suddenly there's 10, 12, 13 movies made, you know, very low budget because they go, oh, it's possible. Now suddenly you can do it too. And when it's in the room, when you're right near it, it's just a phenomenon that you can just glean off them without them teaching you anything.

Suddenly there's 10, 12, 13 movies made, you know, very low budget because they go, oh, it's possible. Now suddenly you can do it too. And when it's in the room, when you're right near it, it's just a phenomenon that you can just glean off them without them teaching you anything.

Just by being around and seeing how they move through the world and seeing they've accomplished and that they're regular people that are just accomplishing at a high level. It just blows your mind. Yeah.

Just by being around and seeing how they move through the world and seeing they've accomplished and that they're regular people that are just accomplishing at a high level. It just blows your mind. Yeah.

Just by being around and seeing how they move through the world and seeing they've accomplished and that they're regular people that are just accomplishing at a high level. It just blows your mind. Yeah.

I love what you've built. You've come here, you've only been here like four years, and you've already built this whole community.

I love what you've built. You've come here, you've only been here like four years, and you've already built this whole community.

I love what you've built. You've come here, you've only been here like four years, and you've already built this whole community.

It's right down there with all the limo.

It's right down there with all the limo.

It's right down there with all the limo.

I believe that. It's just you're stumbling upon these ideas.

I believe that. It's just you're stumbling upon these ideas.

I believe that. It's just you're stumbling upon these ideas.

I tell people that after Mariachi, it's like, I never thought I could get into the industry because I didn't live in L.A. and you need contacts and all that. So I just, you know, again, I made a practice film. But then when it got bought and it was getting released... And in one Sundance, my practice film, I thought, I don't have to move to LA. But they won't even know I'm not there.

I tell people that after Mariachi, it's like, I never thought I could get into the industry because I didn't live in L.A. and you need contacts and all that. So I just, you know, again, I made a practice film. But then when it got bought and it was getting released... And in one Sundance, my practice film, I thought, I don't have to move to LA. But they won't even know I'm not there.

I tell people that after Mariachi, it's like, I never thought I could get into the industry because I didn't live in L.A. and you need contacts and all that. So I just, you know, again, I made a practice film. But then when it got bought and it was getting released... And in one Sundance, my practice film, I thought, I don't have to move to LA. But they won't even know I'm not there.

Between an airplane flight and FedEx, I'll just stay here in Austin. So for the past 35 years, people are like, why do you live in Austin? I don't understand. It's like, now they're all moving here. But it's because you could just think outside of the box here. So, yeah, I would tell people, filmmakers who all thought they needed to move to L.A., stay where you are.

Between an airplane flight and FedEx, I'll just stay here in Austin. So for the past 35 years, people are like, why do you live in Austin? I don't understand. It's like, now they're all moving here. But it's because you could just think outside of the box here. So, yeah, I would tell people, filmmakers who all thought they needed to move to L.A., stay where you are.

Between an airplane flight and FedEx, I'll just stay here in Austin. So for the past 35 years, people are like, why do you live in Austin? I don't understand. It's like, now they're all moving here. But it's because you could just think outside of the box here. So, yeah, I would tell people, filmmakers who all thought they needed to move to L.A., stay where you are.