please welcome robert rodriguez. ( cheers and applause ). mr. ou so much for coming on. >> how you doing? >> stephen: now, everybody knows you're the writer, director, producer, editor, choreographer-- >> sometimes cook. >> stephen: sometimes cook? all right. are you a good cook? all right? you've been making movies for over 20 years. elmariachi your first movie. $7,000 to make that movie? >> that's a lot when you're a college kid. >> stephen: i know. how did you get $7,000 as a college kid gisold my body to science. >> stephen: really. were you a blood donor? >> i was a lab rat. they took a bunch out of my arm, cut it out at the end and i got $2,000 in seven days. >> stephen: did the speed healer work? >> no. >> stephen: i was hoping you could be to be wolverine now. >> it never came out on the market so i don't think they perfected it. >> stephen: everybody know knows you from "from dusk till dawn," and "spy kids." you've now got your own cable tv new york called el ray. el ray. okay. i find it and you threatening. ( laughter ). >> i understand