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Quentin Tarantino Won’t Give Mother A ‘Penny’ Over Argument At Age 12

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Amanda Prestigiacomo
Quentin Tarantino Won’t Give Mother A ‘Penny’ Over Argument At Age 12
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Academy Award-winning director Quentin Tarantino revealed on a recent podcast that he does not give his mother Connie Zastoupil any financial assistance or buy her any gifts because of an argument the pair had when Tarantino was 12 years old.

“My mom was b****ing at me about [writing screenplays] … 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,’” Tarantino recalled, speaking on a recent episode of “The Moment” podcast, hosted by “Billions” co-creator Brian Koppelman.

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