Quotes from Quentin Tarantino

Also, it's a little odd to assume all your patrons are thieves.

He's reading it pretty good, but he's still reading it from the page, and every once in a while he stumbles over his words.

Well thank you, Trudi," Now falsely modest again. "But I Don't think I won the scene." "Well, of course, you did," dismissing his protest. "You had all the dialogue but," she warns him. "In our big scene tomorrow, that's another story. So watch out.

It reminds me what Uma Thurman once said about actors improvising: "What most actors call improvising is just stammering and swearing. But another word for improvising is writing. And that's not what you pay actors to do.

The same light SHINES from the case. Pumpkin's expression goes to amazement. Honey Bunny across the room, can't see shit

The Ox-Bow Incident, Body and Soul, White Heat, The Third Man, The Brothers Rico, Riot in Cell Block 11

When Cliff saw Belmondo in Breathless, he thought, That guy looks like a fucking monkey. But a monkey I like.

Cliff putting out fires for Rick has been an essential part of their dynamic since the two became a team.

You might not want to do it, but you can do it. In fact, a case could be made, if you can't do it, you don't deserve to eat pork.

Oh, and Miss Himmelsteen, short of my wife and kids dead on the highway, hold all my calls. In fact, if my wife and kids are dead, well, they'll all be just as dead thirty minutes from now, so hold all my calls.

La Strada, Yojimbo, Ikiru, The Bridge, Rififi, Bicycle Thieves, Rocco and His Brothers, Open City, Seven Samurai, Le Doulos, Bitter Rice (which Cliff thought was sexy as hell).

Now, many directors could and would say, So what? It's just a movie. You don't have to believe in giant monkeys to direct King Kong.

Cliff didn't know enough to write critical pieces for Films in Review, but he knew enough to know Hiroshima Mon Amour was a piece of crap. He knew enough to know Antonioni was a fraud.

The directions say to add milk and butter, but Cliff thinks if you can afford to add milk and butter you can afford to eat something else.

the soles of her huge bare feet

Rick, who was in his floaty chair in the swimming pool at the time of the attack, was almost shot by the hippie girl with the pistol. He later told authorities, "That goddamn hippie almost blew my fuckin' head off!

If you're a film fan, collecting video is sort of like marijuana. Laser discs, they're definitely cocaine. Film prints are heroin, all right? You're shooting smack when you start collecting film prints. So, I kinda got into it in a big way, and I've got a pretty nice collection I'm real proud of.

Besides, even if you went all the way, what would you be? Feather-weight champion of the world. Who gives a shit? I doubt you can even get a credit card based on that. -- Marsellus Wallace

Okay, Marvin thinks, that's the second time Rick has put down his Tanner co-star Michael Callan. That's not a good sign. It suggests stinginess in spirit. It suggests a blamer. But Marvin keeps these thoughts to himself.

Do you like this cigarette case?" "It's very nice." "It's a gift. From Joseph Cotten. One of my most cherished clients." Rick gives Marvin the impressed expression the agent is demanding.

But I want you to tell me what it is you think I do." "Well," Rick says, "the way it was explained to me is you put famous American talent in foreign films." "Not bad," Marvin says.

I'm okay now, just embarrassed. Sorry about this humiliating display." "Display?" Marvin snorts. "What are you talking about? We're human people; human people cry. It's a good thing.

You don't need proof when you have instinct.

When it comes to some of them mean bastards out there, it's the only thing does the job. You really only need to hang mean bastards. But mean bastards, you need to hang.