1.) He was named after the Burt Reynolds character Quint Asper from “Gunsmoke”
2.) His mother gave birth to him when she was 16
3.) Has said that he would like to direct a James Bond film sometime in his career
4.) He was ex-girlfriend Mira Sorvino’s date the night she won her best supporting actress Oscar for “Mighty Aphrodite” in 1996
5.) Although he uses both elements in his films, he strongly detests violence and drugs
6.) He was thanked by Nirvana in the liner notes of their album “In Utero”
Apparently, Quentin wanted Kurt Cobain to play Eric Stoltz’s character in Pulp Fiction.
7.) He was originally offered the chance the direct “Speed”, but turned it down
8.) Most of Tarantino’s movies contains a trunk shot, where the camera angle is coming from inside the trunk and looking up at the character looking in.
9.) Quentin has a fondness of feet, so most of his movies have scenes with bare feet being blatantly shown.
10.) Majority of Tarantino’s films feature a strong female lead
Mia from Pulp Fiction , The Bride from Kill Bill, Shoshanna from Inglourious Basterds, etc.
11.) He hates product placement, so he has his own recurring made-up brands for his own films
His characters always smoke Red Apple cigarettes or eat at Big Kahuna Burger, both of which he made up.
12.) He spent 10 days in LA county jail
When he was broke, he had $7,000 in unpaid parking tickets.
13.) You can see him in one of his first acting gigs on an episode of “Golden Girls”
He played an Elvis impersonator.
14.) His formative years were largely spent working in a video rental store called Video Archive
15.) Although he is one of modern cinema’s most celebrated directors, Tarantino has never attended film school
