When Tarantino Stopped Waiting for Permission

In this video, Quentin Tarantino talks on the struggle to become a writer and film director.

Many people believe that Hollywood maverick Quentin Tarantino broke into the film business overnight, but he worked independently on the periphery of Hollywood for years before breaking through.

By intercutting a series of interviews Tarantino has partaken in over the years, this video tells the brief story of Quentin Tarantino's early days, showing how he broke into Hollywood to become a writer and director and remaining at the top of the pyramid for 30 years.

He talks about the production failures of My Best Friend's Boyfriend, the rejection he faced in trying to finance True Romance and Natural Born Killers, and how those screenplays contributed to his breakthrough in the end.

This is Quentin Tarantino's success story, and it may provide useful insights about the struggle to become a writer and director of films if you're an aspiring filmmaker yourself. Persistence and a refusal to ask for permission is really at the heart of the message..