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Quentin Tarantino recently appeared on Bill Maher’s podcast “Club Random,” where the two discussed Alec Baldwin’s role in the shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Maher felt it was unfair that Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but Tarantino said the actor bore some responsibility. The gun Baldwin was holding on the set of “Rust” contained live rounds, and Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was injured when Baldwin fired it.

"It's a situation where I think I'm honest enough to say that the gunmaker, the guy who gives him the gun, is 90 percent responsible for everything that happens when it comes to that gun. But the actor is 10 percent responsible," Tarantino said. "The actor is 10 percent responsible. It's a gun! You're a partner in responsibility to a certain extent."

Tarantino, who is no stranger to guns on his film sets, said actors are always shown on camera the weapons they'll be handling before shooting begins and "if there are steps to go through, you do them. It's done with due diligence, and you know it's fucking real."