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List of Sydney Pollack Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 69 inspiring quotes by Sydney Pollack.

About Sydney Pollack

  • Born: July 1, 1934
  • Died: May 26, 2008
  • Occupation: Film Director
    • We talked about tootsie, the idea in tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.
    Men Ideas Better Man
    You don't normally do another presentation of all about eve. you do one all about eve, and that's it.
    Presentation
    When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.
    Movie Ideas Actors
    Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.
    Fields Study Graduates
    I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality.
    Art Numbers People
    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.
    Mean People Mind
    You are not an active creator of the film.
    Film Active Creator
    I mean, certainly it's the single biggest event, i think, in terms of popular entertainment, or art even, if you say that, of the 20th century. it's been film. it's the 20th century's real art form.
    Art Real Mean
    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.
    Hero Mean Thinking
    If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.
    Stars Would Be Primitive
    And i taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.
    Real Years Knowing
    What i really want to do is produce. there isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.
    Stories Lines Want
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