Director Quentin Tarantino said his family has become the center of his life as he confirmed that his next project will be a stage play in London’s West End.
In a two-hour interview on his fan podcast The Church of Tarantino published Friday, the filmmaker spoke at length about his career, his Israeli wife Daniella, their children and life in Tel Aviv. He did not address the ongoing war in Gaza or current political issues in the Middle East or the United States.
Tarantino, 62, said the play is fully written and preparations are set to begin in January. He expects the project will take 18 months to two years and plans to relocate with his family to England.
The director described how daily routines with his children, Leo, 5, and Adriana, 3, shape his time.
“When my daughter comes home at three from school, her first thing is ‘Aba aba aba.’ That’s Hebrew for daddy,” he said. “She hasn’t seen daddy all day, so she comes up ‘Aba aba aba aba,’ and you know, I like being there.
“It’s just really precious to me, you know, and three years from now, four years from now, it’ll be maybe a little less precious. They’ll start moving on. They’ll start having their own friends and everything, but just right now is not the time to run away with the circus.”
For three decades, Tarantino placed his artistic career above all else, avoiding marriage and family life so nothing would distract from his creative pursuits. Today, however, his priorities have shifted, and he finds fulfillment in family time rather than chasing new artistic “mountains.” He also indicated that long overseas productions no longer interest him, as spending months on location far from home feels incompatible with raising young children.