It’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.
QUENTIN TARANTINOMovies are not about the weekend that they’re released, and in the grand scheme of things, that’s probably the most unimportant time of a film’s life.
More Quentin Tarantino Quotes
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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.
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In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.
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I’ve always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they’re basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I’d make for you at home.
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My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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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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Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I’m not interested in, I can’t even feign interest.
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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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Particularly as a writer, it is my job to ignore social critics, or the response that social critics might have when it comes to the opinions of my characters, the way they talk, or anything that can happen to them.
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My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
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I’m very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I’ve never really considered myself a writer.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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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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The good ideas will survive.
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