Write your script backwards from what you have access to — look at everything you have available (locations, props, animals, people) and build the story around those resources, which gives you production value for free.

I said, I looked at everything I had. What do I have? We have a pit bull. We have a turtle. We've got a bus that Carlos's cousin owns. His cousin, his brother has a, brother-in-law has a bar, and he owns a ranch. So the bad guy lives at the ranch. The fight scene's going to be in the bar. He's going to hit a bus at one point. He's going to — the girl's going to have a dog and a turtle's going to cross the road. It gives you all this production value. So you write backwards... I write on index cards and I carry one of these a little packet of index cards. I keep one always in my bag. And I smile when I run across it because I go, I've made $1,000,000 with one of these before. You know, it's like this is the key to your next success, cards. Because you know, when you go see a therapist, you're not going to them for the answers. You're going to them for the questions. You've got the answers inside, what you don't have are the questions. A lot of times we ask ourselves very unempowering questions, like, why am I such a loser? You know, I can think of 10 answers right now. But if you could, but if you go, what three things can I do today that'll not just change my life, but everyone around me? Take steps to that. Take out your cards and start writing them down. You won't come up with three. You'll come up with 15.

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