With Kill Bill, I wanted to test myself, see how good I am.… - Quentin Tarantino

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With Kill Bill, I wanted to test myself, see how good I am. I wanted to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my own talent. The only reason for me to do it was to raise the bar. I used to say, 'Kill Bill has to be to fight scenes what the "Ride of the Valkyries" scene in Apocalypse Now is to battle scenes, or else I will have failed.' Completely. If this doesn't just fucking rock, then I'm just not as good as I think I am.

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Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born 27 March 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2, Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained.

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