In 2012, while promoting his new film at the time, Django Unchained, Tarantino told The Hollywood Reporter that he didn't want to be an old-timer filmmaker. "I want to stop at a certain point," he said. "Directors don’t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at the end. I am all about my filmography, and one bad film fucks up three good ones."

Back in 2014, Deadline moderated a conversation between Tarantino and a group of potential buyers for his upcoming film, The Hateful Eight. Tarantino said that he didn't want to be someone who remained on stage when everyone wanted him to leave. "I like that I will leave a 10-film filmography, and so I’ve got two more to go after this," he said, according to Deadline. "It’s not etched in stone, but that is the plan. If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career."

Tarantino isn't a stranger to the largest comic book and pop culture convention in the world, and in 2015, he returned to talk about The Hateful Eight. During a panel in Hall H for the movie, Tarantino was asked about earlier statements he made regarding his plans to retire. According to The Daily Beast, Tarantino said he "liked the idea of getting out and leaving people wanting more" but for the first time since the director spoke about his plans to leave cinema, he backtracked a bit. "I might just say the hell with that and make 15." That moment of wishy-washy thinking wouldn't last long.

The period of early December in 2015 was a big moment for Tarantino and his retirement plans. He was doing a pretty lengthy press tour to promote The Hateful Eight and everyone wanted to know about his retirement plans. On Dec. 8, he told ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel that if he only had two movies left in him, it would force him to make those the best films that he could. "If I only think that I only have two movies, well, that keeps it at the tip of the spear, if you know what I mean," he said. "That means those ones better be good and I better mean everything about them."

In an interview with Rolling Stone's chief film critic, Peter Travers, Tarantino spoke about his retirement plans and said that he didn't want releasing movies to become a "passe thing," and said he was enthralled with the idea of "10 and done." Tarantino added he didn't want to worry about the second part of his career being focused on "longevity and length" instead of quality filmmaking.

During the Jerusalem Film Festival this year, Tarantino was given a lifetime achievement award. In his acceptance speech, Tarantino reiterated that he was going to retire after his tenth film, according to Birth Movies Death. Just like at Comic-Con in 2015, however, Tarantino suggested that if he thought of another great film idea when he was 75, he might come back to make one more. "I am planning to stop at 10 (films), but at 75 I might decide I have another story to do."

"Drop the mic. Boom. Tell everybody, 'Match that shit.'" This is how Tarantino confirmed his retirement plans during a keynote presentation at the Adobe Max conference in San Diego yesterday. After more than two years of deliberation, it seems that Tarantino has finally cemented his plans that he will retire after directing two more movies. "Hopefully, the way I define success when I finish my career is that I'm considered one of the greatest filmmakers that ever lived," Tarantino said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "And going further, a great artist, not just filmmaker."