Quotes by Quentin Tarantino

About Quentin Tarantino:

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by non-linear storylines, satirical subject matter, and an aestheticization of violence, as well as features of neo-noir film.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.

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I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.

Quentin Tarantino

I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.

Quentin Tarantino

Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.

Quentin Tarantino

To me, America is just another market.

Quentin Tarantino

Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room.

Quentin Tarantino

I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.

Quentin Tarantino

L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.

Quentin Tarantino

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

I don't really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered an American filmmaker. If I'm doing something and it seems to me to be reminiscent of an Italian giallo, I'm gonna to do it like an Italian giallo.

Quentin Tarantino

When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

Quentin Tarantino

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

Quentin Tarantino

If I wasn't a film-maker, I'd be a film critic. It's the only thing I'd be qualified to do.

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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

I was kind of excited to go to jail for the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.

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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are.

Quentin Tarantino

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

Quentin Tarantino

Novelists have always had complete freedom to pretty much tell their story any way they saw fit. And that's what I'm trying to do.

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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.

Quentin Tarantino

I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.

Quentin Tarantino

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

Author Bio

  • NameQuentin Tarantino
  • DescriptionAmerican film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor
  • BornMarch 27, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter; Film Director; Film Producer; Film Actor; Writer
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Writing (Original Screenplay); Legion Of Honour