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Sydney Pollack Quotes

Sydney Pollack quotes

American Director July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008

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By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do. Sydney Pollack
I mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing to do, because you are trying to take what's a fantasy in your head and make it live through the minds of 200 people. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the..."
The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always..."
No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "You are not an active creator of the film."
You are not an active creator of the film. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I..."
I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to..."
I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "Film is a collective experience, as you know."
Film is a collective experience, as you know. Sydney Pollack
For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was..."
And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a..."
Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe,..."
But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea."
When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man..."
We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman. Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack quote: "You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve...."
You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it. Sydney Pollack

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