The collaborator has to be someone who understands that his role is to help you articulate what you want, but at the same time is not just going to be mechanically obeying, but adding to, supplementing, and coming up with… — 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 that I would offer a part to anyone for any other reason than that he or she was gonna be the best of anyone I could find is so disgusting to me. I don't give my… — James Toback Copy Share
What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun. — James Toback Copy Share Image
