Quentin Tarantino reveals his guest appearance on 'The Golden Girls' helped him make his breakthrough film ReservoirDogs: 'That kept me going during our pre-production time.'
"That kept me going during our pre-production time," the writer-director said of his sitcom appearance that earned him roughly $3,000.
Quentin Tarantino's acting career may not have taken off, but the writer-director's guest appearance onThe Tonight Show on Wednesday, the director shared how his role as an Elvis Presley impersonator helped fund the 1992 film. "Before I did, I had a very unsuccessful acting career," he shared.
For his appearance on the show, Tarantino's Elvis impersonator performed at Sophia's wedding. "It became a two-part, so I got paid residuals for both parts," he said. "And it was so popular they put it on a best of and I got residuals every time that showed. So I got paid maybe, I don't know, $650 for that episode, but by the time the residuals were over three years later, I made like $3,000.
Following the clip, Tarantino noted that he took on the persona of the "Sun Records Elvis" for the episode. He then tapped into his character to sing a line from Presley's "Got a Lot o' Livin' to Do!" with Fallon.
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