Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I’m not interested in, I can’t even feign interest.
QUENTIN TARANTINOI want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
More Quentin Tarantino Quotes
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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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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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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.
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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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The easiest way to kill a cult is to make that cult accessible.
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You name any horrific thing, and I can make a joke out of it.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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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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If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.
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I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
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I’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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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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Pigs are filthy animals. I don’t eat filthy animals.
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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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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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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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Don’t write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what’s in your heart.
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Violence is fun, man.
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That’s how it always is with me: the thing that sets me down to start writing is usually not what I end up doing. Because, as much as I love genre, and I try to deliver the goods, I go off from it. I go do my own thing.
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Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.
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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 people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, ‘no, I went to films.’
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Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It’s just another colour to work with.
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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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