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Sydney Pollack quotes: 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 quotes: You are not an active creator of the film.

You are not an active creator of the film.

Sydney Pollack quotes: We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.

Sydney Pollack quotes: When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Film is a collective experience, as you know.

Film is a collective experience, as you know.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that.

I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

Sydney Pollack quotes: The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.

Sydney Pollack quotes: The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

Sydney Pollack quotes: One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different.

Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.

I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.

Sydney Pollack quotes: You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it.

You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it.

Sydney Pollack quotes: No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did.

No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.

I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

Sydney Pollack quotes: You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.

You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.

Sydney Pollack quotes: If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.

If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted.

Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you've done has lasted.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive.

I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive.

Sydney Pollack quotes: It's always interesting to play people different from yourself, it would be boring for me to play myself.

It's always interesting to play people different from yourself, it would be boring for me to play myself.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

Sydney Pollack quotes: The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing ... it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over.

The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing ... it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over.

Sydney Pollack quotes: I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

Sydney Pollack quotes: And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.

Sydney Pollack quotes: You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have to stick with them.

You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have to stick with them.

Sydney Pollack quotes: What I really want to do is produce. There isn't much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.

What I really want to do is produce. There isn't much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.

Sydney Pollack quotes: But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

Sydney Pollack quotes: Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.

Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.

Sydney Pollack quotes: OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.

OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.