Robert Rodriguez Quotes
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I'm a believer in trusting the director.
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I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
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I got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.
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I cry at films and TV and even adverts.
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Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.
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I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don't care if it's stereotyped.
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TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
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I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.
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I love doing kids' films.
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I'm happiest when I can just be a director and watch.
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I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision.
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I've done a lot of sorts of films that are under the radar.
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You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.
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My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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It's natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor's director. You know how to relate to the actors.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.
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I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.
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When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.
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In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!
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Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
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Point of view gets me. If I can feel like a character rather than a reader, I'll read that book.
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Ever director has at least 10 bad films in them.
