"I am these people, these characters" - When Quentin Tarantino revealed what it takes to make movies like Inglourious Basterds on Joe Rogan's podcast
UFC commentator Joe Rogan has had numerous A-list celebrities like Robert Downey Jr., Mike Tyson, Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast. He once hosted Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino, who is the master behind celebrated films like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds.
During his first appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience in June 2021, Tarantino delved into his writing process with Rogan. The director shared how he managed to create stories that went on to become classics, saying:
"When I do a movie, I have more or less the story worked out... If I'm writing Kill Bill, I pretty much know at the end of the movie, she's gonna kill Bill... In Inglourious Basterds, I figure it's gonna end with a big mission... But what I've learned... is that little mapping out of more or less what happens in the story, really only applies till the middle of the story."
"Because by the time you get to the middle of the story, well now you know so much more... I know who these people are. Now, I am these people, these characters... Now, I've invested in this world to such a degree that the hope is by the 40% mark or the 50% mark, the characters just take it from me and then, from that point on, they're writing the story."
Check out Quentin Tarantino's comments below (0:25):
Quentin Tarantino compares movies and TV shows during a conversation with Joe Rogan
June 2021 was not the only time Quentin Tarantino appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience. The film director, along with Roger Avary, appeared on the podcast again in December 2024.
Tarantino discussed movies and TV shows and argued why, according to him, the former is better than the latter. He explained:
"The difference between [movies and TV shows] is I'll see a good Western movie and I'll remember it for the rest of my life... The story is good itself but there's a payoff to it. But there's no payoff [in TV shows]. It's just more interconnectional drama."
Check out Quentin Tarantino's comments below (1:57:55):