James Toback

I work seriously with complete integrity. I never, never, never have offered a part to anyone who didn't deserve it, and I've…

— James Toback

Use people whom you're excited by and who share your excitement... The ideal collaboration is one in which the actor and director…

— James Toback

To have six billion people on Earth, two billion of whom are carrying around a warped view of you? That has to…

— James Toback

Some people get married and they remain "I," some get married and become "we."

— James Toback

I write fast, I write beautifully, I write convincingly.

— James Toback

Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between.

— James Toback

I think there's a general sense that the belief structures that existed and carried civilization forward have weakened to the point where…

— James Toback

I know a star when I see one.

— James Toback

Death is a part of life, and eventually I assimilated that completely.

— James Toback

I alternate between feeling incredibly lucky that I've gotten away with almost everything I wanted to do, and feeling like I've been…

— James Toback

I've struggled seriously to make movies with very little money, that I write, that I direct, that mean my life to me.…

— James Toback

What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun.

— James Toback

When people are temperate in their behavior, in their lives, someone who is addictive or extreme or obsessive can't understand how people…

— James Toback

The collaborator has to be someone who understands that his role is to help you articulate what you want, but at the…

— James Toback

The past is history, the future's a mystery.

— James Toback

It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into…

— James Toback

You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.

— James Toback

I think that one of the things that is happening in the so-called "clash of civilizations" is that the confidence that was…

— James Toback

Much as I like getting awards in Oldenburg, Germany and Torino, it's nice to get one in America.

— James Toback

[Robert Downey was being singled out for] selective prosecution. He's a sweet guy who never did harm to anyone except himself. He's…

— James Toback

Boxing is not coming back. There's not going to be a new Ali or a new Tyson. What's happened to movies is…

— James Toback

I feel like Alain Delon, who once said, "It doesn't matter that I'm not a star in America because I'm a huge…

— James Toback

I felt, "Oh, film is a great art because I can pull in music and visual imagery, and it has its literary…

— James Toback

The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention.

— James Toback

In a way, I think that the movie Fight Club [1999] did a weird, negative thing to boxing, culturally. I mean, it…

— James Toback