A movie doesn’t have to do everything. A movie just has to do a couple of things. If it does those things well and gives you a cool night at the movies, an emotion, that’s good enough.
QUENTIN TARANTINOViolence is fun, man.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
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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.
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You can’t write poetry on the computer.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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I don’t believe in putting in music as a band aid to get you over some rough parts or bad film making. If it’s there it’s got to add to it or take it to another level.
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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
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Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
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I am not going to tell you how I believe, but I do believe in God.
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You don’t have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can’t help but make a good movie.
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When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I’m writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I’m going to play for the opening sequence.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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Don’t write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what’s in your heart.
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My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I’ll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.
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If you love cinema as much as I do, and not many people do, and if you are focused and actually have something to offer, you will get somewhere with it.
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I’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.
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The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
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Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It’s just another colour to work with.
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I don’t have to play the song all the way to the very end – I use it while it’s good and while it’s cool and while it’s exciting, and then I get out.
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I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you’re not that good. You just reached the level here. I don’t ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.
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When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ‘no, I went to films.’
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