Robert Rodriguez

No, I did it to work with my friends, to do something creative, to try something. But that's still not good enough. I need to really sift through the ashes. And if I look through the ashes of that failure, I find two keys to my biggest successes in there. While I was on the set, they said it has to be New Year's. So I thought, I'm just going to do like bed.

I'm going to have two little kids that are running around in this room. And we have to use the bellhop as a babysitter. Well, it's New Year's. Let's dress everybody in tuxedos because it's New Year's. They're all going to go out. But the parents leave without him. When I saw Antonio and his wife, I thought, wow, they look like a really cool international spy couple. What if they were spies?

I'm going to have two little kids that are running around in this room. And we have to use the bellhop as a babysitter. Well, it's New Year's. Let's dress everybody in tuxedos because it's New Year's. They're all going to go out. But the parents leave without him. When I saw Antonio and his wife, I thought, wow, they look like a really cool international spy couple. What if they were spies?

I'm going to have two little kids that are running around in this room. And we have to use the bellhop as a babysitter. Well, it's New Year's. Let's dress everybody in tuxedos because it's New Year's. They're all going to go out. But the parents leave without him. When I saw Antonio and his wife, I thought, wow, they look like a really cool international spy couple. What if they were spies?

And these two little kids, one of them keeps falling asleep on the set. He's so young. They barely tie their shoes. They don't know parents are spies. They have to go save them. Okay, there's five of those movies now, right? The other one was I really love making short films. I really want this anthology thing to work. What if it's three stories, like a three-act structure, not four?

And these two little kids, one of them keeps falling asleep on the set. He's so young. They barely tie their shoes. They don't know parents are spies. They have to go save them. Okay, there's five of those movies now, right? The other one was I really love making short films. I really want this anthology thing to work. What if it's three stories, like a three-act structure, not four?

And these two little kids, one of them keeps falling asleep on the set. He's so young. They barely tie their shoes. They don't know parents are spies. They have to go save them. Okay, there's five of those movies now, right? The other one was I really love making short films. I really want this anthology thing to work. What if it's three stories, like a three-act structure, not four?

Same director, not four different directors. I'm going to try it again. Why on earth would I try it again? Well, because I had already done one and figured out how I could do it better. And that's Sin City. Those are by far two of my biggest successes that came directly from that failure. So I always say, follow your instinct. If it doesn't work, just go.

Same director, not four different directors. I'm going to try it again. Why on earth would I try it again? Well, because I had already done one and figured out how I could do it better. And that's Sin City. Those are by far two of my biggest successes that came directly from that failure. So I always say, follow your instinct. If it doesn't work, just go.

Same director, not four different directors. I'm going to try it again. Why on earth would I try it again? Well, because I had already done one and figured out how I could do it better. And that's Sin City. Those are by far two of my biggest successes that came directly from that failure. So I always say, follow your instinct. If it doesn't work, just go.

Sometimes the only way across the river is to slip on the first two rocks. So where's the key in the ashes of the failure? Because if I had an instinct, that means I was on the right track. I didn't get the result I want. That's because the result might be something way bigger that I don't have the vision for and the universe is pushing me that way.

Sometimes the only way across the river is to slip on the first two rocks. So where's the key in the ashes of the failure? Because if I had an instinct, that means I was on the right track. I didn't get the result I want. That's because the result might be something way bigger that I don't have the vision for and the universe is pushing me that way.

Sometimes the only way across the river is to slip on the first two rocks. So where's the key in the ashes of the failure? Because if I had an instinct, that means I was on the right track. I didn't get the result I want. That's because the result might be something way bigger that I don't have the vision for and the universe is pushing me that way.

But like I said, like I would say, well, it was successful because, you know, even Roger Ebert said, hey, you furnished my favorite room. I was like, hey, I could take that. But now I think there's something else still there. I keep sifting and it's like, oh, yeah, two big successes came from that. It's an amazing lesson to have because it makes you feel better about, failure.

But like I said, like I would say, well, it was successful because, you know, even Roger Ebert said, hey, you furnished my favorite room. I was like, hey, I could take that. But now I think there's something else still there. I keep sifting and it's like, oh, yeah, two big successes came from that. It's an amazing lesson to have because it makes you feel better about, failure.

But like I said, like I would say, well, it was successful because, you know, even Roger Ebert said, hey, you furnished my favorite room. I was like, hey, I could take that. But now I think there's something else still there. I keep sifting and it's like, oh, yeah, two big successes came from that. It's an amazing lesson to have because it makes you feel better about, failure.

Think of like The Thing by John Carpenter. He put that movie out the same weekend as E.T. That thing bombed. Critics were calling it pornography, you know, because of all the weird special effects and audiences didn't go either. And he thought he made a great movie. So, you know, it makes you question your instincts. Well, 10 years later, turns out, oh, it's a classic.

Think of like The Thing by John Carpenter. He put that movie out the same weekend as E.T. That thing bombed. Critics were calling it pornography, you know, because of all the weird special effects and audiences didn't go either. And he thought he made a great movie. So, you know, it makes you question your instincts. Well, 10 years later, turns out, oh, it's a classic.

Think of like The Thing by John Carpenter. He put that movie out the same weekend as E.T. That thing bombed. Critics were calling it pornography, you know, because of all the weird special effects and audiences didn't go either. And he thought he made a great movie. So, you know, it makes you question your instincts. Well, 10 years later, turns out, oh, it's a classic.

So sometimes it takes the audience a while. So if you've have some kind of failure on something. You don't let it knock you down. Just go. Maybe in 10 years, they'll think it's great. I'm just going to commit to making a body of work, a body of work. Some will succeed. Some will overperform. Some will underperform. It's not your job. You just want to be a creative person. Just create.