9. Despite Possessing An I.Q. Of 160, Tarantino Barely Passed High School
In the same previously cited interview, (conducted on The Charlie Rose Show in 1994), Tarantino claims that he was simply bored by school, and so dropped out to devote his life to movies. Of all the criticisms levelled at Tarantino over the years, (and theres been a few), nobody can deny that the man is smart. Like many of the writers on this site, Tarantino would be classified as an autodidact an autodidact is somebody who possesses a prodigious and expansive self-taught knowledge about certain subjects and/or phenomena. Tarantino had a passing interest in History and English in school, only because History was closely linked to the historical epics that he liked to watch in the theatre, and English naturally sharpened his skills in scriptwriting. Although he has flirted with the idea of being a novelist in the past, Tarantinos first love has always been movies. He swapped the classroom for the cinema and never looked back.