Quentin Tarantino Quotes
My earliest childhood memories are of watching Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed. I remember not liking Frankenstein then and going, "Who is this bald guy?" But I love it now.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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What I felt was, if you spend your life just writing fiction, you are going to falsify your material. And the fictional form was going to force you to do things with the material, to dramatize it in a certain way. I thought nonfiction gave one a chance to explore the world, the other world, the world that one didn't know fully.
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All I wanted to do was be a working actor.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Sometimes I can be misunderstood. I'm really competitive.
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When you're buying paintings, it feels grown up.
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My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I genuinely liked all of the cast members very much. Steve had a wicked sense of humor. I remember Russell coming to my rescue, once. I watched Eric evolve before everyone's eyes. Maurice loved what he did, so. He treated his character with respect, down to the costuming.
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We're still leaderless. We still don't have strong organizations that are fighting for us; there isn't a national AIDS organization out there worth squat in my opinion.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
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I always try to teach by example and not force my ideas on a young musician. One of the reasons we're here is to be a part of this process of exchange.
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I like playing a guy who wears pants as opposed to shorts.
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I'm an old trial lawyer.
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My earliest childhood memories are of watching Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed. I remember not liking Frankenstein then and going, "Who is this bald guy?" But I love it now.
