Robert Rodriguez

And they're all, oh, we don't know how we're going to do it. By the week they started shooting, they were already talking about their next three films. Like they changed their idea of what was impossible. It just dropped out. So I was really curious to do mine. I was doing one based on my medical experiments I did to pay for mariachi, which is another story.

And they're all, oh, we don't know how we're going to do it. By the week they started shooting, they were already talking about their next three films. Like they changed their idea of what was impossible. It just dropped out. So I was really curious to do mine. I was doing one based on my medical experiments I did to pay for mariachi, which is another story.

I brought my son, Racer. Because I knew he hadn't been working with me on the movies for a while. I'm going to make him my second guy. He's going to be my co-writer, my co-lighter, and he's going to be doing the sound. I didn't show him how to use the sound equipment until we're filming because we're documenting it. We made a documentary about it.

I brought my son, Racer. Because I knew he hadn't been working with me on the movies for a while. I'm going to make him my second guy. He's going to be my co-writer, my co-lighter, and he's going to be doing the sound. I didn't show him how to use the sound equipment until we're filming because we're documenting it. We made a documentary about it.

I brought my son, Racer. Because I knew he hadn't been working with me on the movies for a while. I'm going to make him my second guy. He's going to be my co-writer, my co-lighter, and he's going to be doing the sound. I didn't show him how to use the sound equipment until we're filming because we're documenting it. We made a documentary about it.

And people really loved about how we made this movie today for $5,000. And he was fumbling around and we're going. And I thought, he's going to hate this. He's got his own interests. He doesn't want to work on a movie. But I need him. And so he comes to me at the end of the day with his brother and goes, Dad, actor didn't show up, the set didn't match, the location didn't match the script at all.

And people really loved about how we made this movie today for $5,000. And he was fumbling around and we're going. And I thought, he's going to hate this. He's got his own interests. He doesn't want to work on a movie. But I need him. And so he comes to me at the end of the day with his brother and goes, Dad, actor didn't show up, the set didn't match, the location didn't match the script at all.

And people really loved about how we made this movie today for $5,000. And he was fumbling around and we're going. And I thought, he's going to hate this. He's got his own interests. He doesn't want to work on a movie. But I need him. And so he comes to me at the end of the day with his brother and goes, Dad, actor didn't show up, the set didn't match, the location didn't match the script at all.

Everything was falling apart. We asked you how we're going to finish the day. And you said, well, I don't know. We'll see what happens. And we thought, oh, my God, is this the movie that finally, you know, he can't figure out? But by the end of the day, we figured it out. Their eyes were all wide open. Oh, they don't realize that's the creative process. And that's every day in life and in work.

Everything was falling apart. We asked you how we're going to finish the day. And you said, well, I don't know. We'll see what happens. And we thought, oh, my God, is this the movie that finally, you know, he can't figure out? But by the end of the day, we figured it out. Their eyes were all wide open. Oh, they don't realize that's the creative process. And that's every day in life and in work.

Everything was falling apart. We asked you how we're going to finish the day. And you said, well, I don't know. We'll see what happens. And we thought, oh, my God, is this the movie that finally, you know, he can't figure out? But by the end of the day, we figured it out. Their eyes were all wide open. Oh, they don't realize that's the creative process. And that's every day in life and in work.

Life, you don't know. You're going to figure it out as you go. Art should be the same way. And by the end of the two-week shoot, they're interviewing him. He's all waxing philosophical about the creative process like he's been doing it for years. He goes, I never knew how my dad did mariachi. And now I know because I just did this project. He didn't know either. He just started.

Life, you don't know. You're going to figure it out as you go. Art should be the same way. And by the end of the two-week shoot, they're interviewing him. He's all waxing philosophical about the creative process like he's been doing it for years. He goes, I never knew how my dad did mariachi. And now I know because I just did this project. He didn't know either. He just started.

Life, you don't know. You're going to figure it out as you go. Art should be the same way. And by the end of the two-week shoot, they're interviewing him. He's all waxing philosophical about the creative process like he's been doing it for years. He goes, I never knew how my dad did mariachi. And now I know because I just did this project. He didn't know either. He just started.

And he figured it out day by day. Most people never start. I mean, he succinctly encapsulated everything I tried to say in my book, which was you just got to go. And identity is key. Identity is the main thing. All these people who are out there, you got to tell them this. If you are listening and there's something you're not getting in your life that you really want, it's not a matter of desire.

And he figured it out day by day. Most people never start. I mean, he succinctly encapsulated everything I tried to say in my book, which was you just got to go. And identity is key. Identity is the main thing. All these people who are out there, you got to tell them this. If you are listening and there's something you're not getting in your life that you really want, it's not a matter of desire.

And he figured it out day by day. Most people never start. I mean, he succinctly encapsulated everything I tried to say in my book, which was you just got to go. And identity is key. Identity is the main thing. All these people who are out there, you got to tell them this. If you are listening and there's something you're not getting in your life that you really want, it's not a matter of desire.

You have the desire. There's a missing element that I talked about in the book and I'd forgotten myself. We forget our own good advice. Over the years, people would say, hey, in your book, it says this. I'd go, I wrote that? I was so smart back then. What happened? I got to go reread my own book. But it was this thing where I told people,

You have the desire. There's a missing element that I talked about in the book and I'd forgotten myself. We forget our own good advice. Over the years, people would say, hey, in your book, it says this. I'd go, I wrote that? I was so smart back then. What happened? I got to go reread my own book. But it was this thing where I told people,

You have the desire. There's a missing element that I talked about in the book and I'd forgotten myself. We forget our own good advice. Over the years, people would say, hey, in your book, it says this. I'd go, I wrote that? I was so smart back then. What happened? I got to go reread my own book. But it was this thing where I told people,