Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.
From Robert Rodriguez
I kind of like working fast.
If you create a good story that has a lot of story value... I think audiences like that. It's why they stick with the same TV show over and over.
I usually have a couple of projects going on that are different. A 'Sin City' while I'm doing a 'Spy Kids' at the same time. I need different things going on.
For me, Mexploitation seemed like something that should have existed, but didn't.
If you do a film with a studio, agents step in, they start saying, 'My actor has to get this amount of money', and it becomes about deals.
I like to keep my budgets at a certain price when I work for someone else, and even more so now that I'm working for myself, and use new technologies to deliver films that look like they have high production levels.
It's rare for the studios to find a filmmaker who wants to make a family film. To find someone that has an idea, embraces it, has kids and wants to make something exciting - well, they don't see that too often.
I love working with great actors.
I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.
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