It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into selectivity, but into alteration, distortion and outright lying about what did and didn't happen. — James Toback Copy Share Image
I work seriously with complete integrity. I never, never, never have offered a part to anyone who didn't deserve it, and I've never not… — James Toback Copy Share Image
Use people whom you're excited by and who share your excitement... The ideal collaboration is one in which the actor and director are saying… — James Toback Copy Share Image
To have six billion people on Earth, two billion of whom are carrying around a warped view of you? That has to register. — James Toback Copy Share Image
Some people get married and they remain "I," some get married and become "we." — James Toback Copy Share Image
Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between. — James Toback Copy Share Image
I think there's a general sense that the belief structures that existed and carried civilization forward have weakened to the point where they can… — James Toback Copy Share Image
Death is a part of life, and eventually I assimilated that completely. — James Toback Copy Share Image
I alternate between feeling incredibly lucky that I've gotten away with almost everything I wanted to do, and feeling like I've been shafted. — James Toback Copy Share Image
I've struggled seriously to make movies with very little money, that I write, that I direct, that mean my life to me. The idea… — James Toback Copy Share Image
What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun. — James Toback Copy Share Image
