QUICKQUOTE: QUENTIN TARANTINO

February 25, 2013 | Modified: February 25, 2013 at 2:45 am
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Quentin Tarantino poses with his award for best original screenplay for "Django Unchained" during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

"I'm not an American filmmaker. I'm American and I'm a filmmaker, but I make movies for planet Earth"— Quentin Tarantino, tie loosened, talking with his hands and, at one point, drifting into an Australian accent while speaking with reporters backstage after winning the Oscar for original screenplay for "Django Unchained."

— Hannah Dreier — http://www.twitter.com/hannahdreier

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