Filmmaker James Toback has responded to the dozens of sexual harassment allegations saying he has never made any unwanted sexual advances towards women.
In an expletive-laden interview with Rolling Stone, Toback said he never harassed anyone and has always done casting for his films based on the acting abilities.
"I don't want to get a pat on the back, but 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. And anyone who says it is a lying c***s*****... Can I be any clearer than that?"
He added, "No one who's ever worked with me would ever say anything like that. No one."
Toback said that he doesn't offer film roles to anyone "unless they deserve them" and slammed the accusations as "offensive, insulting and disgusting."
Asked about the baffling number of women who have come forward against him, Toback said that the accusers "gang up."
"There was an article years and years ago with a bunch of anonymous people. People read things... it's all, you know, me too, me too, me too, me too, me too.
"Anyway, it's too stupid to waste time on. It really is. It doesn't have anything to do with my life in any way. It never has. I work seriously with complete integrity," he said.
Since the Los Angeles Times published the expose of sexual-harassment allegations against Toback, Hollywood stars Julianne Moore, Rachel McAdams, Selma Blair and Natalie Morales have joined the chorus of women coming forward against the director.
Toback previously claimed the alleged behaviour described by his accusers was "biologically impossible," as he has had diabetes and a heart condition that requires medication for the past 22 years.
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