Chingon Quotes
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Make DV movies so you can learn how to make films, but don't try to distribute them until they are fantastic.
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Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.
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Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.
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Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.
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Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.
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Ever director has at least 10 bad films in them.
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It's easier making a smaller film like El Mariachi. There are no budget worries because there is no budget. There is no crew problem because there is no crew. And if you screw up, no one is around to see you screw up -- so it's no longer a screw up.
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I love working with great actors.
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When given an opportunity, deliver excellence and never quit.
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When you use the same actors a lot, you get to know them and you realize that one movie can't explore all the talent that they have. You really have to give them several different kinds of roles, in completely different movies, to push them and to push yourself.
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People don't live in Austin to work, they work to live there.
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A lot of people who watch DVDs are people who are interested in, if not moviemaking, then creativity in general.
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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
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Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.
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I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.
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I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.
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Data scientists are statisticians because being a statistician is awesome and anyone who does cool things with data is a statistician.
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Everything I've done has always been my own made up world with its own rules and its own made up stories.
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I try to remind people, whether you have a growth manager or a value manager, you're going to go through cycles where you think you have a village idiot.
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Anyone who can only write about themselves or their life experiences, in my mind, isn't a very good writer.