46 Quentin Tarantino Quotes for You to Enjoy

Quentin Tarantino

American Director

Born: Mar 27, 1963

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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.' Quentin Tarantino

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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch. Quentin Tarantino

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My movies are painfully personal, but I'm never trying to let you know how personal they are. It's my job to make it be personal, and also to disguise that so only I or the people who know me know how personal it is. 'Kill Bill' is a very personal movie. Quentin Tarantino

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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study. Quentin Tarantino

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Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it. Quentin Tarantino

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I don't believe you should stay onstage until people are begging you to get off. I like the idea of leaving them wanting a bit more. Quentin Tarantino

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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way. Quentin Tarantino

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I have an idea for a Godzilla movie that I've always wanted to do. The whole idea of Godzilla's role in Tokyo, where he's always battling these other monsters, saving humanity time and again - wouldn't Godzilla become God? It would be called 'Living Under the Rule of Godzilla.' Quentin Tarantino

'Django' was definitely the beginning of my political side, and I think 'Hateful Eight' is the... logical extension and conclusion of that. I mean, when I say conclusion, I'm not saying I'll never be political again, but, I mean, I think it's like, in a weird way, 'Django' was the question, and 'Hateful Eight' is the answer. Quentin Tarantino

Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns. Quentin Tarantino

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I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie. Quentin Tarantino

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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed. Quentin Tarantino

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One of the privileges you have of living the life of an artist and creating your own world and everything is the fact that, in-between times, you can kind of spend them however you want. Because, you know, once you open up your candy store again, you're open for business. And you have to be responsible. You have to be available. Quentin Tarantino

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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before. Quentin Tarantino

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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first. Quentin Tarantino

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I cannot get myself interested in video games. I've been given video game players and they just sit there connected to my TVs gathering dust until eventually I unplug them so I can put in another special-region DVD player. Quentin Tarantino

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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece. Quentin Tarantino

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CGI has fully ruined car crashes. Because how can you be impressed with them now? When you watch them in the '70s, it was real cars, real metal, real blasts. They're really doing it and risking their lives. But I knew CGI was gonna start taking over. Quentin Tarantino

Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself. Quentin Tarantino

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