I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
QUENTIN TARANTINOI 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 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’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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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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Violence is fun, man.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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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 can’t write poetry on the computer.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
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I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain to my hand as far as the pen is concerned and go with the moment and go with my guts.
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Movies 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.
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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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Just because I was at an anti-police brutality protest, doesn’t mean I’m anti-police. We want justice, but stop shooting unarmed people.
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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.
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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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One can be inclined to just say, “F this political correctness! I don’t have time for that!”
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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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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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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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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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When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
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L.A. is so big that if you don’t actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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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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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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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 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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