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About This Quiz
Quentin Tarantino is, hands down, one of the greatest film directors of all time. The movies he's made are not just exciting, but they're also thought-provoking, always entertaining, chock-full of amazing performances from incredible actors both old and new and, of course, they're quotable. So very quotable. After "Pulp Fiction" burst onto the scene, you couldn't have a conversation about film without someone mentioning it and someone quoting from it extensively. You can still buy that infamous wallet all over the place to this very day.
Tarantino has gone on to direct nine films in his career, and each one has been a standout in its own way. Though themes may be repeated and he's fond of using the same actors, again and again, each film has been its own unique masterpiece that is incredibly rewatchable and enjoyable.
If you consider yourself to be a Tarantino fanatic and you know everything from "Reservoir Dogs" to "Jackie Brown" like the back of your own hand, if you can tell a quote in the voice of Mr. Pink from one in the voice of John "The Hangman" Ruth, then you should have no problem matching all of these memorable Tarantino quotes to the movies in which they appeared.
"The Hateful Eight"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Reservoir Dogs"
In "Reservoir Dogs," Harvey Keitel's Mr. White is enjoying a moment of levity with the rest of the crew while we get to know everyone as a character when he drops this line. Keitel was Tarantino's first choice to be in the film, and he was instrumental in getting it made after he read the script and loved it.
"Django Unchained"
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"Pulp Fiction"
Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega are spending some time together when Mia says this to Vincent. Though Tarantino has collaborated with Uma Thurman several times, Michelle Pfeiffer was allegedly his first choice for Mia. Other candidates included Isabella Rossellini, Joan Cusack, Halle Berry and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Jackie Brown"
"Death Proof"
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"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"
This line is said to Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Rick, who is also an actor, in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood." A young actress who Rick is working with gives the has-been actor a much-needed confidence boost. Unlike Rick, DiCaprio has had an extraordinarily successful career.
"Kill Bill"
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Jackie Brown"
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"Jackie Brown"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Kill Bill"
"Reservoir Dogs"
This is one of the more famous parts of "Reservoir Dogs." Steve Buscemi lays down his philosophy on tipping, which has gone on to inspire many other conversations in the years since. If you're curious about the title of the movie, keep being curious. Tarantino has never, ever properly explained what a reservoir dog might be.
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"Pulp Fiction"
Vincent is explaining the finer points of French fast food to Jules in "Pulp Fiction" when he says that a Quarter Pounder is called a Royale with Cheese. Word is that Samuel L. Jackson almost lost his role in the movie, even though it may have been written for him, when Paul Calderon auditioned and Tarantino loved him.
"Jackie Brown"
"Kill Bill"
"Inglourious Basterds"
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"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"
Leonardo DiCaprio gets to flex his grindhouse muscles just a little bit with this scene from "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood," in which he portrays a Nazi hunter decked out with a flame thrower. Tarantino has said that DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, who plays the stunt double of DiCaprio's character, are the best duo since Robert Redford and Paul Newman.
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Kill Bill"
"Reservoir Dogs"
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"Pulp Fiction"
Bruce Willis is explaining who Zed, the previous owner of his motorcycle, is. Bruce Willis signed on to the film at the urging of his friend Harvey Keitel. His role was originally written for Matt Dillon, but Tarantino tweaked it for an older actor to get Bruce Willis involved.
"Jackie Brown"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Kill Bill"
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Jackie Brown"
This line comes courtesy of Samuel L. Jackson in "Jackie Brown." Robert Forster got an Academy Award nomination for this movie, which was a big boost for his career. Tarantino met him in a restaurant to give him the script, since he didn't even have an agent anymore.
"Kill Bill"
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"Reservoir Dogs"
"Django Unchained"
"Pulp Fiction"
Jules is explaining how he understands a famous Bible quote when he drops this line on the diner robber he calls Ringo. The character also goes by the name of Pumpkin and is played by Tim Roth. Tarantino wrote the role for him specifically.
"Jackie Brown"
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Django Unchained"
"Jackie Brown"
"The Hateful Eight"
You can always count on Sam Jackson to have some memorable lines in a Tarantino film, and this one comes from "The Hateful Eight." Tarantino cited "Reservoir Dogs" as an influence on this film, which is weird since "Reservoir Dogs" is his own movie.
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"Kill Bill"
"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"
Brad Pitt drops this line in "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" and it was actually an ad-libbed line from Pitt, not part of Tarantino's script. Apparently this exact same line was said to Pitt himself when he was an up-and-coming actor — with his name, not Dalton's, of course.
"Jackie Brown"
"Pulp Fiction"
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"Kill Bill"
Michael Madsen says this line about Uma Thurman's character in "Kill Bill." Despite how popular Tarantino was at the time this movie came out, many actors turned down the role of Bill, including Jack Nicholson, Burt Reynolds, Mickey Rourke and Kurt Russell.
"The Hateful Eight"
"Death Proof"
"Inglourious Basterds"
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"Reservoir Dogs"
"Pulp Fiction"
Samuel L. Jackson's Jules is losing his cool a bit when he says this in "Pulp Fiction." Early in the script's development, Jules and Vincent were envisioned as being a pair of British gangsters, played by Tim Roth and Gary Oldman.
"Death Proof"
"Django Unchained"
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"Death Proof"
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Kill Bill"
"Jackie Brown"
Samuel L. Jackson's character tosses out this line in the movie "Jackie Brown." The character of Melanie is played by Bridget Fonda, who, in the movie, watches another movie called "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" that starred her real life father, Peter Fonda.
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"Death Proof"
"Django Unchained"
"The Hateful Eight"
"Inglourious Basterds"
Brad Pitt's character drops this line in "Inglourious Basterds." The title of the movie is famously misspelled. Tarantino has said that he won't explain why because it would ruin the artistic flair to do so.
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"Kill Bill"
"Django Unchained"
"Inglourious Basterds"
Christoph Waltz says this line as Colonel Landa in "Inglourious Basterds." Before finding Waltz, Tarantino was afraid he'd never find an actor to play the part, as no one seemed up to the task. Obviously, Waltz handled it well.
"Pulp Fiction"
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"Pulp Fiction"
Vincent Vega famously samples Mia Wallace's $5 milkshake in "Pulp Fiction." Tarantino apparently made John Travolta the offer of being in one of two films — either "Pulp Fiction" or "From Dusk Till Dawn." Travolta probably made the right choice.
"Jackie Brown"
"Kill Bill"
'Death Proof"
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"Kill Bill"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Django Unchained"
Dr. King Shultz, played by Christoph Waltz, says this line in "Django Unchained." The horse that Jamie Foxx rides in the movie is actually the actor's horse, which he'd owned for years prior to the movie's release.
"Reservoir Dogs"
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"Reservoir Dogs"
"Pulp Fiction"
In what has to be one of the most memorable scenes in the movie, Christopher Walken tells a young Butch about hiding his dad's pocket watch during the war. Walken pauses dramatically during this scene, not because he was supposed to, but because he actually forgot his line.
"Death Proof"
"Django Unchained"
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Jackie Brown"
"Django Unchained"
"Death Proof"
The very creepy Stuntman Mike says this line in "Death Proof." The idea for this movie came from Tarantino's friend Sean Penn, who told the director that, for the right amount of money, a stunt team could death proof any car he wanted.
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Kill Bill"
The Bride needs a sword from legendary sword maker Hattori Hanzo in "Kill Bill." Shin'ichi Chiba, the actor who played Hattori Hanzo, actually does make katanas in real life, which is why he's so convincing in the role.
"Reservoir Dogs"
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"Inglourious Basterds"
"Kill Bill"
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Pulp Fiction"
Marsellus Wallace utters this line in "Pulp Fiction" before something very bad happens. Many people have speculated as to why the character had a Band-Aid on the back of his head. Tarantino has said it was because Ving Rhames cut himself shaving.
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"Reservoir Dogs"
The super unstable Mr. Blonde says this line in "Reservoir Dogs." Mr. Blonde's real name in the movie is Vic Vega, and John Travolta's character in "Pulp Fiction" is Vincent Vega. Tarantino intended to make a prequel about the two of them as brothers but dropped it when too much time passed and the actors became too old to play their younger selves.
"Kill Bill"
"Death Proof"
"Jackie Brown"
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"The Hateful Eight"
"Inglourious Basterds"
Brad Pitt's character uses this line in reference to the business of killing Nazis in "Inglourious Basterds." No one says the word "inglorious" at any point in the movie, but Brad Pitt's character does have it etched into his rifle stock.
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Jackie Brown"
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"Django Unchained"
"The Hateful Eight"
"Kill Bill"
Bill says this line in a voiceover at the beginning of "Kill Bill" while looking over Uma Thurman's character. David Carradine was cast as Bill in the movie after Warren Beatty left the project.
"Death Proof"
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"The Hateful Eight"
This line comes from Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight." Numerous actresses were considered for the role of Daisy Domergue before Jennifer Jason Leigh got it, including Katee Sackhoff, Geena Davis and Demi Moore.
"Django Unchained"
"Reservoir Dogs"
"Pulp Fiction"
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Django Unchained"
Jamie Foxx's Django explains how to spell his name to a curious bar patron who asks if he knows how. The actor who asks him how to spell it is Franco Nero. Nero played Django in the original movie that inspired Tarantino's.
"Death Proof"
"Kill Bill"
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"Kill Bill"
"Jackie Brown"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Reservoir Dogs"
Mr. Pink says this line in "Reservoir Dogs," in a bit of a twist for the character who generally doesn't seem very tough. Tarantino made this movie on a budget, and some actors provided their own clothes. That's why Steve Buscemi's Mr. Pink is wearing black jeans.
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"Django Unchained"
"Pulp Fiction"
"Inglourious Basterds"
Many of the lines delivered by Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" are pretty memorable. He speaks four different languages in the film, though in real life he didn't know Italian, so he had to learn enough for the role.
"Death Proof"
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"Reservoir Dogs"
"The Hateful Eight"
Count on Samuel L. Jackson to deliver a stylish threat, like he did with this line in "The Hateful Eight." The script for this movie was leaked online, and Tarantino was going to scrap the whole project until he was convinced that it was still worth making.
"Pulp Fiction"
"Inglourious Basterds"
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"Reservoir Dogs"
"Jackie Brown"
"Death Proof"
"Pulp Fiction"
There's a lot of food talk in "Pulp Fiction," and this line comes from Samuel L. Jackson's Jules. One of Jackson's famous lines, in which he quotes a Bible verse, came back as a sight gag in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier": the same verse was inscribed on Nick Fury's grave.
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"Jackie Brown"
Pam Grier drops this line in "Jackie Brown." In the original story the character's name is Jackie Burke, but Tarantino changed it to Brown as a tribute to Pam Grier's famous character "Foxy Brown" from the 1970s.
"Kill Bill"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Kill Bill"
"Reservoir Dogs"
Mr. Blonde says this line in "Reservoir Dogs" before he does torture someone. The warehouse in which Mr. Blonde does the torturing wasn't actually a warehouse but an old mortuary that they were able to film in.
"Death Proof"
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"Pulp Fiction"
"Inglourious Basterds"
This line comes straight from "Inglourious Basterds," before the movie theater gets torched. In the real world, during World War II, there was a group known as "Masters' Bastards," known for their fighting prowess against the Japanese forces.
"Jackie Brown"
"Kill Bill"
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"Pulp Fiction"
Everyone wanted the wallet Samuel L. Jackson was referring to with this line in "Pulp Fiction." It wasn't even a prop they made up for the movie — it was Quentin Tarantino's actual wallet, which is the most Quentin Tarantino thing ever.
"Kill Bill"
"Jackie Brown"
"Reservoir Dogs"
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