I’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
QUENTIN TARANTINOMy only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
More Quentin Tarantino Quotes
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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 actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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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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I write movies about mavericks, about people who break rules, and I don’t like movies about people who are pulverised for being mavericks.
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If I’m doing my job right, then I’m not writing the dialogue; the characters are saying the dialogue, and I’m just jotting it down.
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The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.
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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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I’m basically like, you know, learned pretty quickly the guy who throws the first punch usually wins, so when people gave me a hard time I just punched them.
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If you want to make a movie, make it. Don’t wait for a grant, don’t wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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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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Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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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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