Robert Rodriguez

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.

And, uh, and with the audience investing, they get to make money on them. And this is what I'm going to say now about how I started. You see that DNA of how I give out, you know, I want people to know how I did things with rebel without a crew or with these methods that I started with. You see, that's how we kept going. Hollywood spends way too much.

And, uh, and with the audience investing, they get to make money on them. And this is what I'm going to say now about how I started. You see that DNA of how I give out, you know, I want people to know how I did things with rebel without a crew or with these methods that I started with. You see, that's how we kept going. Hollywood spends way too much.

And, uh, and with the audience investing, they get to make money on them. And this is what I'm going to say now about how I started. You see that DNA of how I give out, you know, I want people to know how I did things with rebel without a crew or with these methods that I started with. You see, that's how we kept going. Hollywood spends way too much.

And when you can make stuff for less, your profit margin is much better. So when I first started, I didn't have any money. So I still play like I don't have money. So I had Super 8. My dad had a Super 8 camera, but I couldn't afford it. I shot two rolls that you had to buy the film, shoot two minutes. I shot two rolls of that.

And when you can make stuff for less, your profit margin is much better. So when I first started, I didn't have any money. So I still play like I don't have money. So I had Super 8. My dad had a Super 8 camera, but I couldn't afford it. I shot two rolls that you had to buy the film, shoot two minutes. I shot two rolls of that.

And when you can make stuff for less, your profit margin is much better. So when I first started, I didn't have any money. So I still play like I don't have money. So I had Super 8. My dad had a Super 8 camera, but I couldn't afford it. I shot two rolls that you had to buy the film, shoot two minutes. I shot two rolls of that.

It's another same amount of money that it costs to buy it, whatever that was, 12 bucks or whatever, to develop it. You get it. There's no sound. Most of the shit's out of focus. But then my dad, who sold cookware, had a VCR, one of the first home VCRs for the market, that he would play his sales tapes to his salesmen. And it came with a camera attached, like this cable you got coming out.

It's another same amount of money that it costs to buy it, whatever that was, 12 bucks or whatever, to develop it. You get it. There's no sound. Most of the shit's out of focus. But then my dad, who sold cookware, had a VCR, one of the first home VCRs for the market, that he would play his sales tapes to his salesmen. And it came with a camera attached, like this cable you got coming out.

It's another same amount of money that it costs to buy it, whatever that was, 12 bucks or whatever, to develop it. You get it. There's no sound. Most of the shit's out of focus. But then my dad, who sold cookware, had a VCR, one of the first home VCRs for the market, that he would play his sales tapes to his salesmen. And it came with a camera attached, like this cable you got coming out.

Imagine if that had to go into your VCR. for you to even see what it's shooting. And it's this old camera, manual focus, manual iris, and 12 foot cable. And I would start making movies with that. Instead, now I have for $8, I have a two hour erasable tape of sound and picture. So I got into digital basically really early. I was doing, which was really frowned upon back then.

Imagine if that had to go into your VCR. for you to even see what it's shooting. And it's this old camera, manual focus, manual iris, and 12 foot cable. And I would start making movies with that. Instead, now I have for $8, I have a two hour erasable tape of sound and picture. So I got into digital basically really early. I was doing, which was really frowned upon back then.

Imagine if that had to go into your VCR. for you to even see what it's shooting. And it's this old camera, manual focus, manual iris, and 12 foot cable. And I would start making movies with that. Instead, now I have for $8, I have a two hour erasable tape of sound and picture. So I got into digital basically really early. I was doing, which was really frowned upon back then.

And continued to be all the way to when I was using it for real in the early 2000s before everyone realized, oh, that's the future.

And continued to be all the way to when I was using it for real in the early 2000s before everyone realized, oh, that's the future.

And continued to be all the way to when I was using it for real in the early 2000s before everyone realized, oh, that's the future.

Yeah, well, because of the means and the democratizing of that. The elite didn't like that. You could just go make a movie like that. But I started practicing. And it's much easier to practice when it doesn't cost any money. Like if you want to be a rock star, right? If you want to learn how to play guitar really well, you're not going to just jump on stage and suddenly be able to play.

Yeah, well, because of the means and the democratizing of that. The elite didn't like that. You could just go make a movie like that. But I started practicing. And it's much easier to practice when it doesn't cost any money. Like if you want to be a rock star, right? If you want to learn how to play guitar really well, you're not going to just jump on stage and suddenly be able to play.

Yeah, well, because of the means and the democratizing of that. The elite didn't like that. You could just go make a movie like that. But I started practicing. And it's much easier to practice when it doesn't cost any money. Like if you want to be a rock star, right? If you want to learn how to play guitar really well, you're not going to just jump on stage and suddenly be able to play.

You have to practice till your fingers bleed. Well, the same with movies. You got to keep telling stories and cutting them together. And you just can't afford that on film. Nobody can with a two minute roll costing as much as a two hour tape. So I was moving all these, doing all these movies. First, I would cut in camera.