Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quotes

“Foreign films, Cliff thought, were more like novels. They didn't care if you liked the main character or not. And Cliff found that intriguing.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“When a man of principle battles a scoundrel, the scoundrel always at first has the upper hand. Because there are some things the man of principle won’t do.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Life is a bleeding, screaming, violently jerking pig in your arms. And death is you holding a bunch of heavy unmoving meat.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Cliff never wondered what Americans would do if the Russians, or the Nazis, or the Japanese, or the Mexicans, or the Vikings, or Alexander the Great ever occupied America by force. He knew what Americans would do. They’d shit their pants and call the fucking cops.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Ninety-seven percent of everybody you’ve ever met in your life, and ninety-seven percent of everybody you’ll ever meet in your life, have spent ninety-seven percent of their lives running away from fear.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“And for the first time in years, Rick realizes how fortunate he is and was. All the wonderful actors he's worked with through the years—Meeker, Bronson, Coburn, Morrow, McGavin, Robert Blake, Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson. All the different actresses he got to kiss. All the affairs he had. All the interesting people he got to work with. All the places he got to visit. All the fun stories he got to live. All the times he saw his name and picture in the papers and magazines. All the nice hotel rooms. All the fuss people made over him. All the fan mail he never read. All the times driving through Hollywood as a citizen in good standing. He looks around at the fabulous house he owns. Paid for by doing what he used to do for free when he was a little boy: pretending to be a cowboy.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“No, he wants to help me get into Italian movies.” Quick comeback from Cliff: “Then what’s the problem?” Rick screams, “I gotta do fuckin’ Italian movies, that’s the goddamn fuckin’ problem!”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“But now comes the cold-war resentment. Sharon has such a sunny presence that whenever she blocks out the sun, the effect is chilling.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Коли принципова людина вступає в конфронтацію з негідником, то негідник спочатку завжди бере гору. Тому що є речі, яких принципова людина не зробить, — тоді як негідник готовий на все. I так триває доти, доки тиск на принципову людину не калічить ïï натури. Бiльшiсть грецьких трагедій, половина британських вистав і три чверті американського кіно базуються на цьому.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“The Kids at the ranch weren’t hip to exactly how much Charlie wanted to be a rock star. How much he wanted fame, money, and recognition. Because to them, Charlie preached against those base desires.
They thought Charlie was on a spiritual path to enlightenment.
They thought Charlie’s true desire was to pass on that enlightenment.
They thought Charlie’s goal was to create a new world order guided by that enlightenment and love for all Mankind.
They believed Charlie had a higher purpose, because he told them he did, and they believed him. It never would occur to them that he’d ditch all that horseshit in a minute to put on revolutionary war outfit and trade places with Mark Lindsay.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Also, it’s a little odd to assume all your patrons are thieves.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“the soles of her huge bare feet,”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“cachet”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Due to Cliff's good looks, he'd been manipulating women to do things against their best interests his whole life.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“CLIFF’S TOP KUROSAWA FILMS (tie) Seven Samurai and Ikiru Yojimbo Throne of Blood Stray Dog The Bad Sleep Well (for the opening scene alone)”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Cliff putting out fires for Rick has been an essential part of their dynamic since the two became a team.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Referring to the time Invasion of the Body Snatchers producer Walter Wanger shot Jennings Lang in the groin for fucking his wife, Joan Bennett,”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“Can Miss Himmelsteen get you a tasty beverage?”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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).”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“When Cliff saw Belmondo in Breathless, he thought, That guy looks like a fucking monkey. But a monkey I like.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“The Ox-Bow Incident, Body and Soul, White Heat, The Third Man, The Brothers Rico, Riot in Cell Block 11”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“What’s the secret?” Cliff asked.
“Simple,” said the maq. “Fuck ’em good. Fuck ’em real good. And fuck ’em real good real often.”
Cliff smiled, but the French fella assured him, “Hey, that’s harder than it sounds. You can’t fuck ’em like you fuck your girlfriend. You can’t fuck ’em like you fuck your best friend’s
girlfriend. You can’t fuck ’em like you fuck your father’s mistress. That’s fucking for fun. This is work. For work, they fuck customers for money. For work, you fuck them for
money. And trust me, they’re harder to please. If you want to keep ’em in line, you better fuck ’em good, and you better fuck ’em a lot. Which means you’re gonna hafta fuck
’em when you don’t wanna fuck ’em. But even when you don’t wanna fuck ’em, you hafta fuck ’em, and you hafta fuck ’em good. And the more bitches you have, the more
fuckin’ you’re gonna do. More bitches means more fuckin’. ...”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

“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.”
― Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood