I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that way.
Quentin TarantinoI've never used High Definition video, never, ever, ever, ever, ever. And I never will. I can't stand that crap.
Quentin TarantinoI don't think there's anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards - in the life of an artist.
Quentin TarantinoTo 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.
Quentin Tarantino"Dukes of Hazzard" or something you could, you know that, your work is going to be made up of that - episodic television shows. Not that I got many of them, but that was where I - but actually oddly enough though, they were teaching camera terminology at the same time in this acting class, so I actually was able to understand what rack focus and whip pan and all that stuff meant.
Quentin TarantinoI would've written this story [Django] if [Barack] Obama were president or if he never existed. For one, I think it's time to tell a story that deals with this subject America has avoided for so long. Most countries have been forced to deal with the atrocities of their past that still affect them to this day. But America has been pretty slippery in the way that it has avoided looking slavery in the eye. I believe that's a problem.
Quentin Tarantino