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Tarantino raised eyebrows when he seemed to diss Ava DuVernay's "Selma" in an interview with writer Bret Easton Ellis for T Magazine. The director seemed to compare the Oscar-nominated film to a made-for-TV movie by saying that it "deserved an Emmy."

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After film reviewer Jan Wahl took issue with Tarantino's assertion that kids older than 12 would enjoy the violent "Kill Bill," the director told Wahl that she needed to separate movies from the real world.

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In a contentious interview with Channel 4 anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, the Oscar-winner refused to answer a question about the link between movie violence and real-life violence. "I'm already on the record," he said. "I have explained this many times in the last 20 years."

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Tarantino shocked the media when he used the N-word in the press room after collecting a Golden Globe for 2013's "Django Unchained." 

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Tarantino made a cameo in "Pulp Fiction" as Jimmie Dimmick, who helps Jules and Vincent dispose of Marvin's body. During his brief appearance, the writer-director drops the N-word multiple times, which drew a significant amount of criticism upon the film's release two decades ago.

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Tarantino has been clashing with director Spike Lee for years over Tarantino's use of the N-word in his films. The feud goes as far back as the release of "Reservoir Dogs" in 1997 when Lee said he had a "definite problem" with the language in the film.

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