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title: "9 Death Proof Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Sometimes death is proof of life. Sometimes decay points out a certain verve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-thompson-walker/sometimes-death-is-proof-of-life-sometimes-decay-points-out-a-certain/)

[Karen Thompson Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-thompson-walker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/karen-thompson-walker-3430_certain_sometimes-death-is-proof-of-life-sometim_823465.png)

> [I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-look-at-death-proof-and-realize-i-had-too-much-time/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b1/quentin-tarantino-1030_death_i-look-at-death-proof-and-realize-i-had_2284007.jpg)

> [I had done maybe three lines of dialogue, ever, before doing 'Death Proof.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-bell/i-had-done-maybe-three-lines-of-dialogue-ever-before-doing-death-proof/)

[Zoe Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/468/zoe-bell-4056_communication_i-had-done-maybe-three-lines-of-dialogue_2831635.png)

> [Death proof, ride with Rosario Dawson. Tell em open wide when they see how Im flossing, ching!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/xv/death-proof-ride-with-rosario-dawson-tell-em-open-wide-when-they-see/)

[XV](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/xv/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/xv-19737_death_death-proof-ride-with-rosario-dawson-tel_648741.jpg)

> [The amount of money in your bank at the time of your death is the proof of extra work you did which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/the-amount-of-money-in-your-bank-at-the-time-of-your-death-is-the/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/253/ritu-ghatourey-5_death_the-amount-of-money-in-your-bank-at-the_1574183.jpg)

> [If it wasn't for 'Kill Bill' I probably would have been back in New Zealand three months after I left, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-bell/if-it-wasn-t-for-kill-bill-i-probably-would-have-been-back-in-new/)

[Zoe Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/zoe-bell-4056_acting_if-it-wasn-t-for-kill-bill-i-probably-wo_2933469.png)

> [To get a script like 'Death Proof' and to get cast in it just affirmed that I want to do character work;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordan-ladd/to-get-a-script-like-death-proof-and-to-get-cast-in-it-just-affirmed/)

[Jordan Ladd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordan-ladd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/jordan-ladd-83721_again_to-get-a-script-like-death-proof-and-to_1418019.jpg)

> [ Quentin \[Tarantino\] called me and said: "Yeah, you've got to be in my movie. You've got to be in Death Proof." But… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/quentin-tarantino-called-me-and-said-yeah-you-ve-got-to-be-in-my/)

[Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/eli-roth-2841_asks_quentin-tarantino-called-me-and-said-yea_2827565.jpg)

> [I think since I'm not particularly well-known as myself, it's funny all the different perceptions people have of me. Like, if someone's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-elizabeth-winstead/i-think-since-i-m-not-particularly-well-known-as-myself-it-s-funny/)

[Mary Elizabeth Winstead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-elizabeth-winstead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/mary-elizabeth-winstead-6801_death_i-think-since-i-m-not-particularly-well_2568838.jpg)

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