how you doin , john? good to see you. - caffeination for the nation. - thank you. - robert has directed huge hits such as desperado, from dusk till dawn, and spy kids. and since coming on the scene, he s helped reenvision what working in the film industry can be. so i wanna understand how you started, man, because you re really, truly, one of the pioneers who brought independent films to everyone, and allowed everyone to believe that they could possibly make an independent film. you were one of those guys. - it s just something i always loved to do. i love being creative. i wasn t very good in school. i d be sitting in the back of the class making flip cartoon movies in the spanish-english dictionaries. [john chuckles] and people would laugh. i d go, god, i can entertain them with my drawings and my art and my little movies, but what job could i ever get? no one had ever come out of texas as a filmmaker, really, so it wasn t like that was a dream that seemed possible. i didn t
and since coming on the scene, he s helped reenvision what working in the film industry can be. so i wanna understand how you started, man, because you re really, truly, one of the pioneers who brought independent films to everyone, and allowed everyone to believe that they could possibly make an independent film. you were one of those guys. - it s just something i always loved to do. i love being creative. i wasn t very good in school. i d be sitting in the back of the class making flip cartoon movies in the spanish-english dictionaries. [john chuckles] and people would laugh. i d go, god, i can entertain them with my drawings and my art and my little movies, but what job could i ever get? no one had ever come out of texas as a filmmaker, really, so it wasn t like that was a dream that seemed possible. i didn t know anybody in la, but i kept making these things as a hobby. and i love drawing, i love photography, i love music. movies kinda let me put all my hobbies under one umbrell
and the processes that they created all those years ago were so perfect and so ahead of their time that they still use many of the same techniques today. what s going on here? what are you up to here? i am key weighing. key weighing? key weighing. balancing the keys. without the weights, you cannot play the keys are too heavy which would give you copper tone. now, you have 88 keys. every key is like me and you. every one is different. none are the same. so, this tells me how much weight that it wants. i have to find the right position, you see? then i have to check for return, then i mark. a piano can be big and bold. and it can be the daintiest little instrument to boot. and my goal is to just make this piano as even and pleasing sounding. ever since i came here, i thought this was the job that i was meant to do because i love the piano so much, and i love music. who could ask
none are the same. so, this tells me how much weight that it wants. i have to find the right position, you see? then i have to check for return, then i mark. a piano can be big and bold. and it can be the daintiest little instrument to boot. and my goal is to just make this piano as even and pleasing sounding. ever since i came here, i thought this was the job that i was meant to do because i love the piano so much, and i love music. who could ask for anything more? before the pandemic, there was up to a year long waiting list to visit the factory. tours have stopped for now but there are plans to bring it back, so stay tuned. so, i m a fifth generation steinway. my great grandfather ran the company and my great great grandfather founded the company. it was a classic immigration story there are more opportunities here. he wasn t a rich man,
little instrument to boot. and my goal is to just make this piano as even and pleasing sounding. ever since i came here, i thought this was the job that ever since i came here, i thought this was the job that i was meant to do because i love the piano so much, and i love music. who could ask for anything more? before the pandemic, there was up to a year long waiting list to visit the factory. tours have stopped for now but there are plans to bring it back, so stay tuned. so, i m a fifth generation steinway. my great grandfather ran the company and my great great grandfather founded the company. it was a classic immigration story there are more opportunities here. he wasn t a rich man, he wasn t a poor man, he was a tradesman,