Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino grew up an avid film fan and worked in a video rental store while training to act. His career began in the late 1980s, when he wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday; its screenplay would form the basis for True Romance. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of Reservoir Dogs (1992); regarded as a classic and cult hit, it was opined as the "Greatest Independent Film of All Time" by Empire magazine. Its popularity was boosted by the release of his second film, Pulp Fiction (1994), a neo-noir crime film that became a major critical and commercial success, widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time. Paying homage to 1970s blaxploitation films, Tarantino released Jackie Brown in 1997, an adaptation of the novel Rum Punch.
Kill Bill followed six years later – released as two films, Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004) – a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of Chinese martial arts, spaghetti westerns and Italian horror. He released Death Proof (2007) as part of a double feature with friend Robert Rodriguez under the collective title Grindhouse. His long-postponed Inglourious Basterds (2009) became Tarantino's second highest-grossing film to date ($321 million), which tells the fictional alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's political leadership. His most recent and highest grossing work is Django Unchained (2012), a western film set in the antebellum era of the Deep South, receiving critical acclaim.
Tarantino's films have garnered both critical and commercial success. He has received many industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and the Palme d'Or and has been nominated for an Emmy and Grammy. Filmmaker and historian Peter Bogdanovich has called him "the single most influential director of his generation."
Personality Goes A Long Way
Quentin Tarantino Lyrics
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VINCENT
Want some bacon?
JULES
Naw, man, I don't eat pork.
Are you Jewish?
JULES
I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
VINCENT
Why not?
JULES
Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
VINCENT
Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
JULES
Hey, a sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie. But I'll never know 'cause I
wouldn't eat the filthy motherf**kers. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's
a filthy animal. I ain't need nothin' that ain't got sense enough to
disregard its own feces.
VINCENT
How about a dog? Dog eats its own feces.
JULES
I don't eat dog either.
VINCENT
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
JULES
I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definitely dirty.
But a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
VINCENT
So by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to
be a filthy animal? Is that true?
JULES
Well, we'd have to be talkin' 'bout one charmin' motherf**kin' pig. I mean
he'd have to be ten times more charming that that (...) you know what
I'm sayin'?
The lyrics to Quentin Tarantino's song Personality Goes a Long Way is a dialogue between two characters, Vincent and Jules, discussing their food preferences. Vincent offers Jules some bacon, but Jules declines, citing his distaste for pork due to it being a filthy animal. Vincent argues that pork tastes good, but Jules counter-argues by saying that even though some animals may taste good, he wouldn't eat them because of their unhygienic lifestyle. Vincent then asks Jules if he would eat a dog, to which he also declines. Vincent points out that dogs eat their own feces, but Jules makes the distinction that although dogs may be dirty, they have personality which goes a long way. This leads to Jules' final statement, where he suggests that if a pig had a charming personality, it would cease to be a filthy animal.
The dialogue in the song is a commentary on how people make food choices based on personal preferences and beliefs. Jules' refusal to eat pork is not only based on his preference but also on his belief that it is unclean. Vincent, on the other hand, is willing to set aside his concerns about the cleanliness of an animal, as long as it tastes good. The dialogue also suggests that personality is an essential factor in how people view and interact with animals. Jules' distinction that dogs, despite being dirty, have personality that makes them likable, suggests that even animals we find repulsive can be redeemed by having a likable personality.
Line by Line Meaning
Want some bacon?
Vincent offers Jules bacon.
Naw, man, I don't eat pork.
Jules declines bacon because he doesn't eat pork.
Are you Jewish?
Vincent asks Jules if he's Jewish due to his reluctance to eat pork.
I ain't jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
Jules clarifies that he's not Jewish, but simply doesn't eat swine.
Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
Jules explains why he doesn't eat pork, categorizing pigs as dirty animals.
Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
Vincent counters Jules' argument, claiming that taste is more important than filth.
Hey, a sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie. But I'll never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherf**kers. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't need nothin' that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces.
Jules maintains his stance on pigs and filthy animals, using colorful language to emphasize his point.
I don't eat dog either.
Jules also avoids dog meat, regardless of whether or not they are classified as filthy animals.
I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definitely dirty. But a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Jules acknowledges that dogs may not be the cleanest animals, but suggests that personality is an important factor.
So by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal? Is that true?
Vincent challenges Jules' statement, asking if personality could change categorization, and questioning whether Jules' statement was serious or not.
Well, we'd have to be talkin' 'bout one charmin' motherf**kin' pig. I mean he'd have to be ten times more charming that that (...) you know what I'm sayin'?
Jules concedes that it would take an exceptionally charming pig to change his opinion, indicating that his statement was likely not serious.
Contributed by Jason W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@zikriwaie109
A casual conversations yet intense-friendly-kind of manner between a theist and an atheist.
About Pig"want some bacon?"
"nahh man, i aint eat pork"
"are you Jewish?"
"nahh.. i aint jewish. I just dont dig on swine, that's all"
"why not?"
"cuz pigs are filthy animals, i don't eat filthy animals"
"damnn... bacon tastes good, pork chop tastes good"
"... hey sewer-rat may taste like a pumpkin pie, i wouldn't know.. cuz i aint eat that filthy motherfucker..
... pig sleep and root in shit that's a filthy animal.. i ain't eatin' notin' ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces."
About Dog"what about a dog?"
dogs eats its own feces
"i don't eat dog either"
"yeah but do you consider dog to be a filthy animal?"
"i wouldnt go far as to call a dog filthy,
but they're definitely dirty."
"but a dog got personality, personality goes a long way."
"..ah so, by that rationale, if a pig have a better personality; it would cease to be filthy animal ..is that true?"
"well.. we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfuckin' pig; i mean, he'd have to be ten times more charming than that
Arnold on Green Acres. ..ya know what imma sayin(?)"
both giggles in a sense of acceptance
"He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah. But whoever is forced [by necessity], neither desiring [it] nor transgressing [its limit] - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful." Quran, (2:173).
the more you know. :\
@user-hk3eu7bg5y
this is good. Quentin Tarantino nostalgia.
@geonderrico8375
You cut off the comment about Arnold the Pig from Green Acres.
How COULD YOU???
@billvill61
Exactly! It literally makes the scene!
@Bullwhipseb7
Yea, and what about Babe? 🐖
@Warsie
Fun fact: pigs are more intelligent than dogs, they were just immediately useful to early humans for domestication.
@evolutiagames
I googled "dogs have personality, pigs are filthy animals", and Google recognized those as lyrics and this scene as a song.
@gormo8
On the compilation album it's listed as a track called 'Personality goes a long way'.
@jackyonover9784
I have always thought that this scene was meant to show that Jules is a horrible human being but we like him because he has so much personality.
@jipsyqueen
You have sheets thoughT wearing
@owners4life51
bacon tastes good! pork chops taste good!