Quentin Tarantino explained why he once said he would never give his mother any money once he got successful, and why the kept that promise.
Speaking with the folks at The Moment with Brian Koppelman podcast, the filmmaker revealed that he swore to never give any money he’s made from his filmmaking career to his mother after she discouraged his writing when he was younger. According to Tarantino, when was he was in high school, he got in a lot of trouble for writing screenplays during classes, and that his teachers “looked at it as a defiant act of rebellion that I’m doing this instead of my school work.”
But then, his mother also wasn’t a fan of him focusing on his writing over his education.
“My mom always had a hard time about my scholastic non-ability,” he said. Per his side of the story, she allegedly continued to “bitch at me about [writing screenplays].” He continued, “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 shit is over.'”
It was why he told her she would never see any of the fruits of his labor. “When she said that to me in that sarcastic way, I go, ‘Okay 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.'”
Well, he kept his promise. “I helped her out with a jam with the IRS, but no house,” he said. “No Cadillac, no house.” Tarantino also suggested that his mother “drove him” to prove her wrong. “There are consequences for your words as you deal with your children. Remember there are consequences for your sarcastic tone about what’s meaningful to them.”
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