Quentin Tarantino Quotes

I think one of the privileges of being a filmmaker is the opportunity to remain a kind of perpetual student.

I've ended up as a filmmaker who really loves the movie part of movies. That time in my life was a big influence on the kind of movies that I ended up making. I always think I'm going to make a movie that's gritty and real, but then I make a movie that's like an opera. I fight it at first and then that's just the way it is.

I study myself. I study film, and I make sure that everything's on point.

What I do is I basically make records to please myself first and foremost, and so one of the most important things for me as a musician and a writer and a producer is to feel like there's always a sense of evolution and reinvention with each record.

I love David Lynch's style. Someone once thought I was his son, so I must have been doing an alright job at emulating it.

I'm deeply appreciative that many people have enjoyed my films, films that I made in my own style. The successes have helped me learn how to make films free of expectations and focus solely on the pure filmmaking aspect, without worrying about how much money it'll make.

I have never made a film to praise or to criticize something. That kind of filmmaking is nothing but propaganda.

I try and watch as many different films as I can because every film has something to offer.

I think the best artists find ways to reinvent themselves. They find new ways to tell their stories, or they find new stories to tell.

I'm a guitar player. I've carved out my own style of guitar music, so I don't look for inspiration with playing guitar.

Yes, there's more access to film than when I first came into the league, but because of it there's a desire to see more and study more and cover more.

I thought maybe I should write or study law. I even had the idea to open a flower shop. But I was so fascinated with film, I couldn't stay away.

Three cheers for the artistry of the lone designer doing his thing!

Ideally, I'd really like to put my own stamp on things, but it takes years, you know, and you're constantly learning and studying and falling in and out with your instrument, learning different approaches and different attacks.

I think you can study too much. I've seen that happen. Young people get immersed in the work of other directors and end up imitating them rather than finding their own identity.

People try to change up my method, but I'm gonna keep doing it the same way I've been doing it: going in the room by myself and making a song.

My own ambitions were eclectic. My father ran a steel plant, and I was expected to study metallurgy and end up at the steel plant when I finished high school at age 15. Despite my proficiency at science, I decided against it and instead went on to study filmmaking.

I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an abstract way; for the next record, I'd try not to do that. They are all connected in a personal way but it's important not to repeat myself, because then I can always learn something about myself through my work.

You can assist another director and learn the ropes of the craft over the years, but becoming a director is about finding your own voice, so you've got to experiment.

I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.

What stirs my passion is making cinema, and that means doing different things, making different types of films.

I genuinely try to make movies I'd want to go and see, movies that are a bit more challenging.

I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to Slumdog's success in some way. I thought it would be really foolish.

I never desired to really go to Hollywood and make films, and purely because I want my entire control, which I'm used to having.

I make movies that I enjoy making and tell stories that I want to see, so it’s hard. You never reverse engineer those things and go, “What would appeal to this or that?” Even if I tried, I don’t know. I’m an all-American kid.