The terrible tragedy for every director is to watch an actor do what you want and not have the camera rolling - and never get it back again. So I always try to roll the camera before anybody's really ready. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
It's my job to motivate the audience to believe. I have to get them to suspend their judgment in favor of involvement. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
The marketing of anything is full of exploitation and lies and hype. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
People sense when you're pretending, when you're worried about your own ego. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I personally have never made a movie in Hollywood, because I don't want to get up in my own bed and then go to… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Every film I've made has a kind of frustrated love story in the center of it. They were people who saw life from opposing… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
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… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
When you're shooting a feature that costs $200,000 a day with a crew of 250, you don't want accidents; you want to know exactly… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
What makes architecture extraordinary is that you're looking at the building, but your peripheral vision is also seeing how it fits within a space.… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
All films are political, whether they mean to be or not. Star Wars is political. As soon as you have conflict, which is the… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
There will be people who are sensitive about seeing the American point of view presented as less than sympathetic. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a teacher of moral and political positions. I don't want to be that. I can't help but have a point… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
