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Source: Interview with Andrew Walker of BBC News
Speaker: Quentin Tarantino
When people ask me if I went to film school, I tell them, "No, I went to films."
Context
This line was spoken by writer/director Quentin Tarantino in a 2004 interview with Andrew Walker from BBC News.
Quentin Tarantino is one of the few directors whose personal background is almost as well-known as his hit movies. He was raised by a single mom who moved them from Knoxville, Tennessee to Los Angeles, California. And then he dropped out of high school at age 15.
But not having a bachelor's degree or even a GED didn't hurt Tarantino's career as he devoured movies of all kinds as a store clerk at Video Archives. He even wrote a screenplay called Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit, which is probably one of the funniest movie titles of all time.
The influence of the movies that he used to watch while manning the cash register can definitely be felt in Tarantino's films. He lets you know that he has seen more movies than anyone in the audience.
Where you've heard it
You've probably run into this quote while going online to show your friends how cool Quentin Tarantino is before watching Reservoir Dogs for the umpteenth time.
Quentin Tarantino is prominently included in Flavorwire's list of famous directors who never went to film school along with self-taught luminaries, like Stanley Kubrick and Akira Kurosawa.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Unless you have an Academy Award and/or a Palme d'Or on your mantel, you should definitely not say this, ever.