I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.

Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.

On his daughter, Ava: She is a relief from all the stress in my life; everyday she does something new and it is so amazing.

There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor.

My first film goes into production in October. It's called White Boy Shuffle and it's based on a novel about a young black kid and it's sort of reminiscent of Catcher in the Rye.

I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.

Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood.