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.
QUENTIN TARANTINOIf there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.
More Quentin Tarantino Quotes
-
-
Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
I am not going to tell you how I believe, but I do believe in God.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
You can’t write poetry on the computer.
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 -
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
I steal from every movie ever made.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
Emotion will always win over coolness and cleverness. It’s when a scene works emotionally and it’s cool and clever, then it’s great. That’s what you want.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
QUENTIN TARANTINO -
One can be inclined to just say, “F this political correctness! I don’t have time for that!”
QUENTIN TARANTINO