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He was a working writer, BUT he originally planned reservoir dogs to be played out by his movie archives friends…hardly established if you ask me…
If the script hadnt been accidently fallen into keitels hands…I dunno how it all would’ve turned out for him…
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The script got into Keitel’s hands via Lawrence Bender, who had already produced a low-budget movie. The reason Quentin and Lawrence were talking in the first place was that Quentin was a working writer in Hollywood. The reason Quentin was a working writer is that he already had quality spec scripts under his arm. QT wrote lots of scripts for other people that most people will never know about. It’s just how it goes. But he was working, and there is a huge difference between a dipshit behind the Starbucks counter calling himself a writer and someone like QT, who people were willing to pay for his talents. I’m not saying luck is not a factor; it’s just not a very practical modus operandi, and in this case it’s not a necessary part of the equation. Quentin got there on plenty of merit.
