“I tend to not remember good reviews of mine in quotes; I remember the bad reviews in quotes, but I don’t really remember good reviews of mine in quotes. But one quote that I do remember somebody writing about ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ was, ‘This seems like the first world Quentin Tarantino has ever created that he would like to live in’ and there is that aspect; I loved the Cliff Booth character,”

Quentin Tarantino · said 2026-10-23 · reported 2026-10-24

Tarantino shared his decision to revisit the Cliff Booth character during a Q&A at AFI Fest.