The argument continued until, at 17, he directed his own stage production of Reservoir Dogs. “They saw me put on that play and they thought, ‘Shit, he’s serious.’ When they saw that I’d made up my mind, they knew that’s what I was going to do, and I have to say they supported me immediately after that.”

While talking about his preferences, in an interview, Willis said: “Here are my top 5 or 6 movies, which I generally watch 3 to 5 times a year. Dr. Strangelove, Raging Bull, The first 2 Godfathers, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Spartacus, Bridge on the River Kwai, Bullitt, the Great Escape, On the Waterfront, Reservoir Dogs, Patton.“

Pulp Fiction was really my introduction to Quentin. I saw it before I saw Reservoir Dogs, and as a 12-year-old kid, it was the first time that it dawned on me what a brilliant screenwriter can do.