10 Facts About Today

#16 - Quentin Tarantino | March 27, 2020

Episode Summary

Did Quentin Tarantino really sell his first script? Did he really choke-out an actress? How far did he get in school? Let's find out because today is Quentin Tarantino's Birthday Day.

Episode Notes

March 27, 2020 - 10 Facts About Quentin Tarantino.

Today is Quentin Tarantino’s birthday. 

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Here are 10 inglorious facts and pulp non-fictions  about Quentin Tarantino that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

  1. He dropped out of high school at 16. His mom forced him to get a job, so he got one… at an adult video theater.
  2. He made cards for his mom every Mother’s Day but they had a twist. They always contained a story where she died.
  3. He hates product placement in films, so he creates his own brands for his movies.
  4. He wrote the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers as a clerk at Video Archives.
  5. You'd  most likely never catch him watching Netflix. He sees it as thoughtless scrolling.
  6. Tarantino wrote the script True Romance and sold it for $50,000.
  7. He used the True Romance money to make Reservoir dogs.
  8. He was named after Burt Reynolds… kind of. (Quint Asper from Gunsmoke)
  9. His movies take place in his “realer-than-real” universe.
  10. He’s vowed to retire from movies after 10 feature films.