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James Toback Quotes

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 to each other, 'I can't believe how lucky we are to be making a movie together.'

James Toback

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: November 23, 1944

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Together People Collaboration Saying

I have very fond memories of the '80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time.

Matthew Rhys

Memories Time War Me Cold Remember

The first record was basically a quick, fast record. The second record, we were going for more of a poppier sound - like a heavy pop sound. For 'Rocket to Russia,' we'd sort of reached our pinnacle. We'd gotten really good at what we were doing, so that's like my favorite record - that's a really good record. It's just great from beginning to end.

Tommy Ramone

Good Great Beginning End Doing Fast

I think the best thing you can teach a person is how to learn. And once they discover their own individual approach to that - which is inside all of us - then all of a sudden, they've opened up a door of endless resources.

Roscoe Mitchell

Best Door Think Learn You Person

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Ludwig Borne

Truth Losing Finding You Illusion

It does get crazy sometimes, but I've never complained about stopping to give autographs or anything like that.

Jordan Knight

Crazy Sometimes Never Anything Get

If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.

Johnny Van Zant

People Song Being There Something

I don't think you can be a good listener unless you're a good listener. I think it's something that you really have to do, and if you really do it, then you can do it. If you don't do it, then you can't do it.

Dick Gephardt

Good You Can Do It Think You I Think

I remember when I went to try out for the Olympic team in 1972, Coach Iba told me he didn't care how many points I could score because if I couldn't guard anybody, I wasn't going to make the team. I knew to make the team I had to become a better defender. If you can play offense, you can defend. It just comes down to competitive will.

Doug Collins

Me Team Care Better Remember You

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

Bryan Cranston

Attention You Want Need Order Roles

Hopes are like hair ornaments. Girls want to wear too many of them. When they become old women they look silly wearing even one.

Arthur Golden

Women Hair Silly Look Want Become

Would the fish have ever been caught if it had kept its mouth shut?

Ashwin Sanghi

Fish Mouth Caught Been Would Shut

Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.

William J. Clinton

Opportunity Responsibility Best World