- - Matthew Lillard Says ‘It F—ing Sucks’ Quentin Tarantino Said He ‘Didn’t Like Me as an Actor’: ‘It Hurts Your Feelings’

Jack DunnDecember 7, 2025 at 5:43 AM

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Matthew Lillard had his feelings hurt by Quentin Tarantino.

While speaking at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Ohio (via Entertainment Weekly), Lillard gave his reaction to the “Pulp Fiction” director saying, “I don’t care for Matthew Lillard” during a recent appearance on “The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.”

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“Quentin Tarantino this week said he didn’t like me as an actor,” Lillard said to fans, provoking boos from the crowd. “Eh, whatever. Who gives a shit.”

Although Lillard was quick to dismiss the comments, he added that it did actually make him sad that Tarantino wasn’t a fan of his work.

“It hurts your feelings. It fucking sucks,” he said. “And you wouldn’t say that to Tom Cruise. You wouldn’t say that to somebody who’s a top-line actor in Hollywood.”

Lillard explained it reminded him that the love he receives while speaking to fans isn’t necessarily the affection he gets from the industry at large.

“I’m very popular in this room. I’m not very popular in Hollywood,” Lillard said. “Two totally different microcosms, right? And so, you know, it’s humbling, and it hurts.”

Lillard isn’t the only actor to be targeted by Tarantino. During the same podcast appearance, the two-time Oscar winner called out Paul Dano, taking particular offense to his performance opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood.”

“Obviously, it’s supposed to be a two-hander. But it’s also drastically obvious that it’s not a two-hander,” Tarantino said. “[Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister. [Daniel] is eating him [alive]. Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. He’s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. Daniel Day-Lewis shows that he doesn’t need a strong foil. The movie needs it. He doesn’t need anything. It’s supposed to be a two-hander and it’s not! … you put him with the weakest fucking actor in SAG? The limpest dick in the world?”

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