Quentin Tarantino

I always wanted to do a movie that deals with America’s horrific past with slavery, but the way I wanted to deal with it is – as opposed to doing it as a huge historical movie with a capital H – I thought it could be better if it was wrapped up in genre.

Quentin Tarantino

I am doing what I’m doing, and if you don’t like it, don’t go see it.

Quentin Tarantino

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

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

I 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.

Quentin Tarantino

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

I don’t want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies, and I don’t want to be the one not to know when to leave the party.

Quentin Tarantino

I don’t want to deal with the underneath while I’m, you know, while I’m making it or when I’m writing it or when I’m making it, because again, I don’t want to hit these nails on the head too strongly.

Quentin Tarantino

I laugh all the time. I’m an easy laugher. You can find me on any set, because I’m always laughing.

Quentin Tarantino

I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.

Quentin Tarantino