Zach Braff Says Quentin Tarantino Joked ‘You Stole My F—ing Grammy!’ After ‘Garden State’ Beat ‘Kill Bill’ for Best Soundtrack: ‘Then He Gave Me a Big Hug’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Zach Braff told The Ringer as part of a recent oral history on the iconic soundtrack to his 2004 comedy-drama “Garden State” that Quentin Tarantino approached him and jokingly cursed him off when Braff’s film won the Grammy Award for best compilation soundtrack for visual media over Tarantino’s “Kill Bill Vol.

2.” “I was up against Quentin Tarantino. I certainly didn’t think there would ever be a chance where I would beat Quentin Tarantino at anything,” Braff said. “My father wanted to come, and I was like, ‘Dad, there’s no way I’m gonna win a Grammy.

Tarantino is winning the Grammy, and you’re wasting your trip from Jersey out here.’ And then we fucking won! I couldn’t believe it.” Braff continued, “Tarantino jokingly said, ‘You stole my fucking Grammy, man!’ and then gave me a big smile and a hug.

He was super sweet and supportive. I was the kind of film-school kid that would have put a ‘Reservoir Dogs’ poster on my wall.” “Garden State,” which Braff directed, wrote and starred in opposite Natalie Portman, was the indie film sensation of 2004 with $35 million at the box office on a production budget under $3 million.