Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.
QUENTIN TARANTINOOne thing I don’t understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they’ll watch a stupid, boring, horrific football game for four hours. Now, that is boredom at its most colossal.
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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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Violence is fun, man.
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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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The children despise their parents until the age of when they suddenly become just like them – thus preserving the system.
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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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If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.
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My only obligation is to my characters. And they came from where I have been.
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As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
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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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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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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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My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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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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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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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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