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QUENTIN TARANTINO:
So I had a very

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unsuccessful acting career.

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However, one of the
jobs I did get--

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and not because I did
a wonderful audition,

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but simply because I sent my
picture in, and they said,

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he's got it--

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was for an Elvis impersonator
on "The Golden Girls."

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- Iconic director
Quentin Tarantino

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stopped by "The Tonight
Show" Wednesday,

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where he shared the weird
connection between his 1992

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crime film "Reservoir
Dogs" and the classic TV

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show "The Golden Girls."

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It became a two-part
"Golden Girls."

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so I got paid residuals
for both parts.

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All right?

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And it was so
popular, they put it

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on a Best of "The Golden
Girls," and I got residuals

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every time that showed.

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- The writer and director, who
is currently celebrating a lot

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of success from his
most recent film,

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"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,"
explained how in the '80s, he

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was so obsessed with Elvis that
he walked around dressed like

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the singer head to
toe, which proved

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to be very lucrative for him.

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QUENTIN TARANTINO: I got
paid maybe, I don't know,

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$650 for the episode.

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But by the time the residuals
were over three years later,

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I made like $3,000.

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- So what does Tarantino look
like as an Elvis impersonator,

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you ask?

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- (SINGING) I do, love
you, with all my heart.

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- Little did Tarantino know,
that obsession and small part

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in "Golden Girls" would
provide the resources he

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would need to get
one of his best films

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ever made off the ground.

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QUENTIN TARANTINO:
And that kept me

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going during our
pre-production time,

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trying to get
"Reservoir Dogs" going.

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JIMMY FALLON: So thank "Golden
Girls" for "Reservoir Dogs,"

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and that sort of thing.

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