Portrait of Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Filmmaker

Contemporary influential 214 sayings

Sayings by Quentin Tarantino

I mean, I'm a big movie geek. I just like movies, and I just like going to the movies. I also like watching movies at home. But I like going to the movies. It's like going to church. It's like going to a spiritual place.

1994 — Interview with Charlie Rose
Biblical Unverifiable

I steal from every single movie ever made.

1992 — Interview about Reservoir Dogs
Wisdom Confirmed

I don't believe in the idea of 'guilty pleasures.' If you f***ing like something, like it!

2014 — Reddit AMA
Inspirational Unverifiable

I'm not saying I'm a saint, but I'm not a bad guy. I'm just a guy who makes movies.

2009 — Interview with The Telegraph
Wisdom Unverifiable

When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, 'No, I went to movies.'

Late 1990s/Early 2000s — Various interviews, often attributed
Educational Confirmed

I don't think I'm a misogynist. I just think I like certain movies.

2012 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

I don't have a problem with violence, I have a problem with reality. My movies are not reality. My movies are movies.

Circa 2000s — Interview, often quoted
Wisdom Unverifiable

I'm a filmmaker. I'm not a politician. I'm not a preacher. I'm not a teacher. I'm a filmmaker.

2012 — Press conference for Django Unchained
Educational Unverifiable

I don't make movies for critics. I make movies for audiences.

Circa 2000s — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable

I've never been interested in making a movie that everybody likes. I'm interested in making movies that I like.

2009 — Interview with The New York Times
Power & Leadership Unverifiable

I grew up on exploitation movies. I grew up on kung fu movies. I grew up on spaghetti westerns. I grew up on blaxploitation movies. I grew up on all that stuff. And I love all that stuff.

2012 — Interview with NPR
Love & Relationships Unverifiable

The good thing about being a writer is you can make up anything you want.

Circa 2000s — Interview
Art & Creativity Unverifiable

I like to torture my characters. I like to put them in impossible situations and see how they react.

2009 — Interview about Inglorious Basterds
Inspirational Unverifiable

I don't do drugs. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I just make movies.

2009 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

I actually think I'm a better writer than I am a director.

2014 — Interview with The Hollywood Reporter
Art & Creativity Unverifiable

I'm a big fan of spaghetti westerns. I think they're some of the greatest movies ever made.

2012 — Interview about Django Unchained
Wisdom Unverifiable

I don't make political films. I make films that have politics in them.

2015 — Interview with The New York Times
Political Unverifiable

I don't have a personal life. I just have movies.

2009 — Interview with The Guardian
Wisdom Unverifiable

I'm not interested in being a nice guy. I'm interested in being a good filmmaker.

Circa 2000s — Interview
Art & Creativity Unverifiable

I just like to tell stories. And I like to tell them my way.

Circa 2000s — Interview
Wisdom Unverifiable
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