I donโt want to be an old-man filmmaker, making old-man movies, and I donโt want to be the one not to know when to leave the party.
Quentin TarantinoIf 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 TarantinoI don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
Quentin TarantinoCritics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism.
Quentin TarantinoIf you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.
Quentin TarantinoYou should be able to criticize civil servants for what you think is wrongdoing without being painted as a cop-hater. I don't feel the police are all corrupt, however I do feel they are suffering from institutional racism and there needs to be a top-to-bottom examination of the way they practice and the way they criminalize young black and brown males. The fact that they seem to have backed off from it seems to suggest they realize they overreacted on me and it looks bad.
Quentin Tarantino