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title: "2 Beaten Quotes By Sydney Pollack"
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> [Making a film is a way for me to understand what it's like to be a murderer, to confess, to be a beaten wife, to be a minority, to be a victor, to get the girl, to lose the girl.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/making-a-film-is-a-way-for-me-to-understand-what-it-s-like-to-be-a/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

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> [Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative. I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/most-human-beings-who-are-accustomed-to-attempting-to-see-the-world-2/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

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## Other authors on Beaten

## More by Sydney Pollack

> [I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-didn-t-grow-up-thinking-of-movies-as-film-or-art-but-as-movies/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [It's my job to motivate the audience to believe. I have to get them to suspend their judgment in favor of involvement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/it-s-my-job-to-motivate-the-audience-to-believe-i-have-to-get-them-to/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [The marketing of anything is full of exploitation and lies and hype.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/the-marketing-of-anything-is-full-of-exploitation-and-lies-and-hype/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/burt-lancaster-was-largely-responsible-for-me-becoming-a-director/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [People sense when you're pretending, when you're worried about your own ego.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/people-sense-when-you-re-pretending-when-you-re-worried-about-your/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-personally-have-never-made-a-movie-in-hollywood-because-i-don-t/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/every-film-i-ve-made-has-a-kind-of-frustrated-love-story-in-the/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/you-mustn-t-regret-decisions-that-you-make-because-the-decisions-are/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/when-you-re-shooting-a-feature-that-costs-200-000-a-day-with-a-crew/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/what-makes-architecture-extraordinary-is-that-you-re-looking-at-the/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [I don't get nervous talking about my films, but if I'm the subject, it's hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-don-t-get-nervous-talking-about-my-films-but-if-i-m-the-subject-it/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [You are not an active creator of the film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/you-are-not-an-active-creator-of-the-film/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [All films are political, whether they mean to be or not. Star Wars is political. As soon as you have conflict, which is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/all-films-are-political-whether-they-mean-to-be-or-not-star-wars-is/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [There will be people who are sensitive about seeing the American point of view presented as less than sympathetic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/there-will-be-people-who-are-sensitive-about-seeing-the-american/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-don-t-consider-myself-a-teacher-of-moral-and-political-positions-i/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/)

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