Director Quentin Tarantino loves to shock movie goers - but would never hire children to star in his violent films.

The quirky filmmaker is behind some of the grisliest cinematic scenes of the last 20 years, including the famous ear-slicing shot in Reservoir Dogs and the huge body count in Kill Bill. His latest film, Inglourious Basterds, looks to live up to his previous work.

But Tarantino insists he draws the line at putting kids in "harrowing" situations, and prefers to use animation to portray child characters. He says, "I've never believed in limits, because an artist can do anything he likes.

"But when it comes to filming, I wouldn't take a real life child actor and stick them in some possibly psychological harrowing experience.

"At the same time, Kill Bill has the whole cartoon sequence of (young character) O-Ren witnessing her parents getting killed. It is very harrowing. I think it is a great piece. But there is a difference between doing something animated and taking a five or six year old girl, dropping blood under her face and saying, 'think about your mom being killed.' I wouldn't feel OK about doing that."

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