Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It’s just another colour to work with.
QUENTIN TARANTINOParticularly 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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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.
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It’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.
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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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I steal from every movie ever made.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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All my movies are achingly personal.
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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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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
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I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can’t do storyboards because I can’t really draw and that’s what they live and die on.
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I don’t think there’s anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards – in the life of an artist.
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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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The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
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Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
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I don’t judge my characters, and that’s my job not to judge them. It’s my job to treat them with respect and to just look at it from their point of view.
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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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