Quentin Tarantino didn't always want to be a filmmaker. Not exclusively at least.
For a time, he harbored dreams of being an actor. As a teenager, he performed in plays with the Torrance Community Theater, and, as is the case with most creative folk, when the acting bug bites you, around the time you get your first ovation (no matter how small the part), it bites hard.
At the outset of the 1980s, Tarantino kept his options open and joined an acting school of note in the Toluca Lake...