In a way, I think that the movie Fight Club [1999] did a weird, negative thing to boxing, culturally. I mean, it is sort of similar to what has happened to the novel. For however many good novels are written, the novel itself has completely lost its place.
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 star in France, I'm a legend in Spain, a… - 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 star in France, I'm a legend in Spain, a…
- James Toback
The past is history, the future's a mystery. - James Toback
The past is history, the future's a mystery.
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 an… - 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 an…
What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun. - James Toback
What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun.
Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between. - James Toback
Most of my movies get about a third raves, a third vicious attacks, and a third in-between.
You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done. - James Toback
You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.
Some people get married and they remain "I," some get married and become "we." - James Toback
Some people get married and they remain "I," some get married and become "we."
The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention. - James Toback
The idea that there aren't mistakes made constantly in the judicial system is too obvious even to need to mention.
Death is a part of life, and eventually I assimilated that completely. - James Toback
Death is a part of life, and eventually I assimilated that completely.
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