He Worked at a Video Rental Store
Remember when we had to go to video rental stores to watch movies at home? Yeah, well, QT worked at one called Video Archives in Manhattan Beach in California for five years. He later said how he would observe what people would like to watch and he claims that it really influenced his directorial choices.
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At one point in his life, he considered becoming a novelist. He said that he wrote two chapters of a novel about his experiences working at the Video Archives rental store. He also worked as a recruiter in the aerospace industry.