Robert Rodriguez

Low budgets force you to be more creative. Sometimes, with too much money, time and equipment, you can over-think. My way, you can use your gut instinct.

Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

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.

I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.

I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

The studios don't finance anymore, they get outside funds.

Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any hot topic, they would run out and make a quick movie and make a buck on it, by changing it around and using it, in some way, to give some relevance.