Robert Rodriguez Quotes
When you make an exploitation film, you always want to have a real issue. That's how they were always done.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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When I first started, I thought I was wack. Lyrically, I thought I was wack. The thing I had over everybody was that I was the realest rapper.
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There aren't many athletes who follow their hearts. They choose to go somewhere to win more and earn more money. They're like gypsies.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life.
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Even great actors shine brighter in the right atmosphere.
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I was growing up in the New Wave period, but that wasn't allowed in school. I remember moments when they wouldn't let four people dressed in black stand together on the playground.
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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges are. So I think lawyers sometimes exaggerate their role in winning and losing. Lawyers do have a role, and a major role, but they're not the only players in this game.
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I crave a cone of silence every once in while.
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A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise.
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I go back to many films that I really love. Some Bresson, some Godard of the early times, the Cassavetes of those years I love. And the early Wim Wenders. But my own films I don't watch, unless I need them.
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We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab frozen dinners and McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.
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I know I did the right thing by taking time off to raise my son. But it also came at a price. I turned down many opportunities over the years because I didn't want to leave him for long periods of time. And in Hollywood, as in any business, the calls stop coming when you don't answer.
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Choosing my own songs wasn't available to me. Any time I turned in a song, it was dissected more than others'. ... There's nobody else like me in this space, so anytime they tried to compare me to somebody, they couldn't quite put their finger on it.
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When you make an exploitation film, you always want to have a real issue. That's how they were always done.
