Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

== Early life ==
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], on March 27, 1963,<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|title=Quentin Tarantino Biography|date=September 23, 2020 |publisher=[[Biography.com]]|url=https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/quentin-tarantino|access-date=January 15, 2021|archive-date=January 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115202046/https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/quentin-tarantino|url-status=live}}</ref> the only child of Connie McHugh and aspiring actor [[Tony Tarantino]], who left the family before his son's birth.<ref name="aalbc2">{{cite web |title=Quentin Tarantino – The 'Inglourious Basterds' Interview |url=https://aalbc.com/reviews/quentin_tarantino.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115203616/https://aalbc.com/reviews/quentin_tarantino.htm |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2019 |publisher=African American Literature Book Club}}</ref> He has claimed to have [[Cherokee descent|Cherokee ancestry]] through his mother, who was also of Irish descent, while his father was Italian-American.<ref name="aalbc2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Jeffrey |date=September 1, 2009 |title=Hollywood's Jewish Avenger |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/hollywoods-jewish-avenger/307619/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828085255/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/09/hollywoods-jewish-avenger/307619/ |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}</ref> He was named in part after Quint Asper, [[Burt Reynolds]]'s character in the TV series ''[[Gunsmoke]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Labrecque |first1=Jeff |date=December 31, 2015 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Hateful Eight interview |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/12/31/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-interview/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |publisher=Meredith Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122183213/https://ew.com/article/2015/12/31/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-interview/ |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |quote=His mother named him, in part, after Quint Asper, Burt Reynolds's character in ''Gunsmoke''...}}</ref> Tarantino's mother met his father during a trip to [[Los Angeles]]; after a brief marriage and divorce, she left Los Angeles and moved to Knoxville, where her parents lived, and returned to Los Angeles with her son in 1966.<ref>{{cite web |last=Allan |first=Samuel |date=July 26, 2019 |title=how tarantino's love of l.a. led to 'once upon a time in hollywood' |url=https://i-d.co/article/how-quentin-tarantinos-love-of-los-angeles-golden-age-led-to-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804081727/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/kzm4a9/how-quentin-tarantinos-love-of-los-angeles-golden-age-led-to-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |website=[[i-D]] |quote=Quentin Tarantino moved to Los Angeles at the age of three.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Michael |date=July 24, 2019 |title=Inspiring Writing Lessons from the Greats: Quentin Tarantino |url=https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/11890-inspiring-writing-lessons-from-the-greats-quentin-tarantino/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806190045/https://thescriptlab.com/features/screenwriting-101/11890-inspiring-writing-lessons-from-the-greats-quentin-tarantino/ |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |publisher=The Script Lab}}</ref>

Tarantino's mother married musician Curtis Zastoupil soon after arriving in Los Angeles, and the family moved to nearby [[Torrance, California]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=24–5}}</ref><ref name="BBC-faces2">{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Andrew |date=May 14, 2004 |title=Faces of the week – Quentin Tarantino |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3712013.stm |url-status=live |access-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918020236/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3712013.stm |archive-date=September 18, 2011}}</ref> Zastoupil accompanied Tarantino to numerous film screenings while his mother allowed him to see more mature movies, such as ''[[Carnal Knowledge (film)|Carnal Knowledge]]'' (1971) and ''[[Deliverance]]'' (1972). After his mother divorced Zastoupil in 1973 and received a misdiagnosis of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]], Tarantino was again sent to live with his grandparents in Knoxville. Less than a year later, he returned to Torrance.<ref name=":22">{{cite book |last1=Holm |first1=D.K. |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Pocket Essential Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Summersdale Publishers |isbn=978-1-84839-866-5 |pages=26–7}}</ref><ref name="knoxnews2">{{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=Chuck |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Knoxville-native director Tarantino works hometown into films |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/2017/03/27/knoxville-native-director-quentin-tarantino-works-hometown-into-his-films/99712840/ |access-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704023028/https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/2017/03/27/knoxville-native-director-quentin-tarantino-works-hometown-into-his-films/99712840/?from=new-cookie |archive-date=July 4, 2018 |quote=...Tarantino returned to Knoxville for a brief while, attending fifth grade in South Clinton.}}</ref>

At the age of 14, Tarantino wrote one of his earliest works, a screenplay called ''Captain Peachfuzz and the Anchovy Bandit'' that was based on the 1977 film ''[[Smokey and the Bandit]]''. He later revealed that his mother had ridiculed his writing skills when he was younger, and he subsequently vowed never to share any of his future wealth with her.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=August 9, 2021 |title=Quentin Tarantino Vowed to Never Give His Mom 'a Penny' Due to Childhood Insult: 'No House for You!' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-mom-money-1234994873/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008124314/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-mom-money-1234994873/ |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=October 8, 2021 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> As a 15-year-old, he was grounded by his mother for shoplifting [[Elmore Leonard]]'s novel ''The Switch'' from a [[Kmart (United States)|Kmart]]. He was allowed to leave only to attend the Torrance Community Theater, where he participated in such plays as ''Two Plus Two Makes Sex'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.<ref name=":22" /> The same year, he dropped out of [[Narbonne High School]] in [[Harbor City, Los Angeles|Harbor City]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'Inglourious' Child Of Cinema |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=121969155 |url-status=live |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921153056/https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=121969155 |archive-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref><ref name="BI-SchoolDroupout2">{{cite news |last1=Giang |first1=Vivian |date=May 20, 2013 |title=10 Wildly Successful People Who Dropped Out Of High School |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/successful-people-who-dropped-out-of-high-school-2013-5?op=1 |url-status=live |access-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403224715/https://www.businessinsider.com/successful-people-who-dropped-out-of-high-school-2013-5?op=1 |archive-date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>