Quentin Tarantino apparently can hold a grudge — even against his mom.
The Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director said he will never share his $150 million fortune with his mother because she scolded his filmmaking ambitions when he was 12 years old.
“My mom always had a hard time about my scholastic non-ability,” Mr. Tarantino, 63, told Brian Koppelman on “The Moment” podcast. “And then in the middle of her little tirade, she said, ‘Oh, and by the way, this little ‘writing career,’ with the finger quotes and everything. This little ‘writing career’ that you’re doing? That s—- is over.’”
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The director of hits such as “Pulp Fiction,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “Kill Bill” and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” said he promised himself to never share any fruits of his labor with his mother, despite acknowledging her comment was sarcastic.
“I was in my head and I go, ‘OK, lady, when I become a successful writer, you will never see one penny from my success. There will be no house for you. There’s no vacation for you, no Elvis Cadillac for mommy. You get nothing because you said that,” he told Mr. Koppelman.
Mr. Tarantino said he did help his mother out when she had issues with the IRS at one point, but he’s held firm on his declaration otherwise.
Mr. Koppelman urged the famed director to change his stance, considering his mother’s ridicule may have helped push him to success. Mr. Tarantino’s mother, who gave birth to him at age 16, also let Mr. Tarantino take in far more films than the average child at that time.
But Mr. Tarantino replied: “Remember: There are consequences for your sarcastic tone about what’s meaningful to [children].”
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