“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 best friends parts unless they deserve them. Ever.” GivingWritingMeanReasonDeserveDirectBeing The BestDisgustingMy Best Friend Author:James Toback
“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.” GivingHardHappensLyingShapesCraftsDramaticDistortionAlterationsDramatic Life Author:James Toback
