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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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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I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
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Ever director has at least 10 bad films in 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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Changing the game is a mindset.
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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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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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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 love working with great actors.
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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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Really, children will support anything that is empowering to them.
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I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.
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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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Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.
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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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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.
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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.