One More Vote for Basterds

Tarantino and Toback at the Black Tieless Event.Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Vulture follows Quentin Tarantino to a party and discovers that Quentin isn’t much up for campaigning for the Oscar himself.¬† James Toback is firmly in Quentin’s camp, as is Harvey Keitel (at least that is what it sounds like). Here is Toback explaining how and why he votes:

“I take the people I like, see if their work is nominated, and I vote for them. Quentin is my favorite. Last year he did a great tribute at the New Beverly, which he owns — a double-bill of [my films] Exposed and Fingers — so that alone would mean I would vote for him for president, not just for an Oscar.” Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs alumnus Harvey Keitel put it more succinctly: “It’s like asking somebody, ‘Do I care more about my mother than yours?’ Probably. But I do care about your mother also. Tell Quentin I said that.”