black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I steal from every movie ever made.

Quentin Tarantino

My plan is to have a theatre in some small town or something and I’ll be manager. Ill be the crazy old movie guy.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Crazy Man Movie Myself Old Planning
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 TARANTINO

Bad Believe Level Movie Music Myself Rough
I’ve always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Himself Movie Myself Writing
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Demand Myself Right Thinking Truth Writing
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Character Job Judgement Myself Point View
As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Confusion Emotion Movie Myself Start View
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Failure Gate Myself Reach Risk Talent Test Time
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Character Job Myself Right Writing
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

Basic Goodness Home Professional Sound Thinking Yourself
It’s nice to get invited to the parties and to be able to hobnob and celebrate a job well done with your colleagues.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Celebration Invitation Job Party Yourself
I don’t believe in elitism. I don’t think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Audience Believe Elite Low Myself Person Thinking
I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Expectation Movie Myself Surprise Top
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.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Couple Emotion Enough Goodness Movie Night
Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Character Yourself
When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Death Dedication Determination Movie Myself
I steal from every movie ever made.
QUENTIN TARANTINO

Day Movie Myself Steal Theft

I steal from every movie ever made.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I steal from every movie ever made.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Quentin Tarantino Quotes