Robert Rodriguez

Good thing I didn't sell it then. You know, with time you look back and you go, wow, I got an agent the next month. He wasn't even going to help me sell it. He said, oh, if you can get 20,000 for it, take it. I chased those people down for those contracts, Spanish market for months. And they never answered me back. And then Columbia ended up buying it for like 10 times as much.

Good thing I didn't sell it then. You know, with time you look back and you go, wow, I got an agent the next month. He wasn't even going to help me sell it. He said, oh, if you can get 20,000 for it, take it. I chased those people down for those contracts, Spanish market for months. And they never answered me back. And then Columbia ended up buying it for like 10 times as much.

Good thing I didn't sell it then. You know, with time you look back and you go, wow, I got an agent the next month. He wasn't even going to help me sell it. He said, oh, if you can get 20,000 for it, take it. I chased those people down for those contracts, Spanish market for months. And they never answered me back. And then Columbia ended up buying it for like 10 times as much.

And we made it, we released it and did a sequel and did another sequel. If you look back in time, good thing I didn't get my way. My way had, had this for a vision. And it needed to do that, which you would never know. You don't know that going through. So just, if you don't have the answer right away, or even in 10 years, go, well, maybe it's coming in 20 years. Don't let anything slow you down.

And we made it, we released it and did a sequel and did another sequel. If you look back in time, good thing I didn't get my way. My way had, had this for a vision. And it needed to do that, which you would never know. You don't know that going through. So just, if you don't have the answer right away, or even in 10 years, go, well, maybe it's coming in 20 years. Don't let anything slow you down.

And we made it, we released it and did a sequel and did another sequel. If you look back in time, good thing I didn't get my way. My way had, had this for a vision. And it needed to do that, which you would never know. You don't know that going through. So just, if you don't have the answer right away, or even in 10 years, go, well, maybe it's coming in 20 years. Don't let anything slow you down.

Just keep plowing forward, committing to making your thing happen. Don't get shook up. by something that you might not have an answer for.

Just keep plowing forward, committing to making your thing happen. Don't get shook up. by something that you might not have an answer for.

Just keep plowing forward, committing to making your thing happen. Don't get shook up. by something that you might not have an answer for.

You see, I've met a lot of filmmakers who, you know, they start a certain way, but then they finish another way. They get to be big filmmakers and all that. I still do it that way. Like, I still, I like doing things that way. I have a new company called Brass Knuckle Films, where the audience can actually participate by being investors in these movies that are done the same way.

You see, I've met a lot of filmmakers who, you know, they start a certain way, but then they finish another way. They get to be big filmmakers and all that. I still do it that way. Like, I still, I like doing things that way. I have a new company called Brass Knuckle Films, where the audience can actually participate by being investors in these movies that are done the same way.

You see, I've met a lot of filmmakers who, you know, they start a certain way, but then they finish another way. They get to be big filmmakers and all that. I still do it that way. Like, I still, I like doing things that way. I have a new company called Brass Knuckle Films, where the audience can actually participate by being investors in these movies that are done the same way.

They're action films like we did with Mariachi, but 10 to 30 million. It doesn't take a lot of money to start a billion dollar franchise. You know, like John Wick only cost 20 million, the first one. Second one was 40. Third one was 80. Fourth one was 100 because the audience kept growing and growing.

They're action films like we did with Mariachi, but 10 to 30 million. It doesn't take a lot of money to start a billion dollar franchise. You know, like John Wick only cost 20 million, the first one. Second one was 40. Third one was 80. Fourth one was 100 because the audience kept growing and growing.

They're action films like we did with Mariachi, but 10 to 30 million. It doesn't take a lot of money to start a billion dollar franchise. You know, like John Wick only cost 20 million, the first one. Second one was 40. Third one was 80. Fourth one was 100 because the audience kept growing and growing.

It's not for an action film.

It's not for an action film.

It's not for an action film.

But you know, you're going to hire bigger actors. You can get a big actor like Keanu Reeves for a $20 million movie. You know, I asked Jim, I said, Jim Cameron, I said, you know, like Terminator costs 5 million. And he goes, I wish we had that much. He had less than 5 million for that. So you can start a billion dollar franchise using these methods.

But you know, you're going to hire bigger actors. You can get a big actor like Keanu Reeves for a $20 million movie. You know, I asked Jim, I said, Jim Cameron, I said, you know, like Terminator costs 5 million. And he goes, I wish we had that much. He had less than 5 million for that. So you can start a billion dollar franchise using these methods.