Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or and people said: "Wait a minute, he's actually smart and he knows what he's doing!" I feel that with Hostel, any time you make a film like that it's going to illicit a strong reaction and you can't worry about that.

Well, anytime I make a movie, I like to load it up with more things than you could ever catch on the first viewing.

You know, I'm from Boston, and in Boston, you are born with a baseball bat in your hand.

When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

Chile could work as a double for L.A.; it's very production-friendly and there's terrific talent down there.

When I'm filming a kill scene [as a director], I just get happier and happier as we chop up body parts.