Quentin Tarantino

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

If I’ve made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I’ve accomplished something.

Quentin Tarantino

If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.

Quentin Tarantino

If the film is nominated for awards, and even if it wins them, it doesn’t make the movie any better, just as if it’s ignored that doesn’t make the movie any worse.

Quentin Tarantino

If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.

Quentin Tarantino

If you’re a film fan, collecting video is sort of like marijuana. Laser discs, they’re definitely cocaine. Film prints are heroin, all right? You’re shooting smack when you start collecting film prints. So, I kinda got into it in a big way, and I’ve got a pretty nice collection I’m real proud of.

Quentin Tarantino

Instead of critics reviewing my movies, now what they’re really doing is trying to match wits with me. Every time they review my movies, it’s like they want to play chess with the mastermind and show off every reference they can find, even when half of it is all of their own making.

Quentin Tarantino

It’s a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody’s arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere.

Quentin Tarantino

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

Just because you are a character doesn’t mean you have character.

Quentin Tarantino