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title: "51 Film Quotes By Sydney Pollack"
description: "Sydney Pollack film quotes cover entertainment, politics, and love stories."
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> [I love having made a movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-love-having-made-a-movie/)

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> [Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-film-in-a-way/)

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> [Everybody's trying to make blockbusters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/everybody-s-trying-to-make-blockbusters/)

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> [Film is a collective experience, as you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/film-is-a-collective-experience-as-you-know/)

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

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> [I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-ve-produced-my-own-films-for-twenty-years-now-it-means-i-have-to/)

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> [Depicting a terrorist act in a film isn't going to incite terrorism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/depicting-a-terrorist-act-in-a-film-isn-t-going-to-incite-terrorism/)

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> [All the movies I've made are essentially character-driven movies about people that I'm interested in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/all-the-movies-i-ve-made-are-essentially-character-driven-movies/)

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> [I haven't broken any new ground in the form of a film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-haven-t-broken-any-new-ground-in-the-form-of-a-film/)

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> [The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/the-very-reasons-sometimes-that-you-make-a-film-are-the-reasons-for/)

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> [You hope that the responsibility of making movies will fall into the hands of essentially moral people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/you-hope-that-the-responsibility-of-making-movies-will-fall-into-the/)

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> [I sort of straddle the line... between personal movies and mainstream Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-sort-of-straddle-the-line-between-personal-movies-and-mainstream/)

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> [I am not a cult director at all. I make Hollywood movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-am-not-a-cult-director-at-all-i-make-hollywood-movies/)

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> [It's a terrible mistake when it gets to be a contest of egos. The actor is always going to win. If a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/it-s-a-terrible-mistake-when-it-gets-to-be-a-contest-of-egos-the/)

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> [But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/but-i-ve-made-films-in-japan-in-yugoslavia-all-over-europe-all-over/)

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

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> [Even with 'Three Days of the Condor,' I wanted to do a thriller. But I was still concentrating on the Faye Dunaway-Robert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/even-with-three-days-of-the-condor-i-wanted-to-do-a-thriller-but-i/)

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> [I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-mean-certainly-writing-painting-photography-dance-architecture/)

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

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> [I learned everything, right or wrong, about honor and love, all those things, when I was a kid watching movies. I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-learned-everything-right-or-wrong-about-honor-and-love-all-those/)

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> [I'm not going to be an interpreter at the U.N. I'm not going to live in Africa on a farm or whatever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-m-not-going-to-be-an-interpreter-at-the-u-n-i-m-not-going-to-live/)

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

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> [Each time I make a movie, it's a little bit like taking another course in something because there's an argument between these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/each-time-i-make-a-movie-it-s-a-little-bit-like-taking-another-course/)

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> [ \[Stanley\] Kubrick was a fascinating, larger than life guy who had been a friend for many years prior to our working together… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/stanley-kubrick-was-a-fascinating-larger-than-life-guy-who-had-been-a/)

[Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/making-a-film-is-a-way-for-me-to-understand-what-it-s-like-to-be-a/)

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

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> [Making a movie is a network of decisions that keep multiplying as you go. You leave a trail of decisions behind you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/making-a-movie-is-a-network-of-decisions-that-keep-multiplying-as-you/)

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> [I have to have a working knowledge of light, and optics, film emulsions and their properties, and lenses, otherwise I can't create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-have-to-have-a-working-knowledge-of-light-and-optics-film-emulsions/)

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> [Relationship films are political. If a woman is sitting in a waiting room in an office and a man walks in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/relationship-films-are-political-if-a-woman-is-sitting-in-a-waiting/)

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> [With a movie you're creating from the beginning this particular work, let's not call it work of art, because very few movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/with-a-movie-you-re-creating-from-the-beginning-this-particular-work/)

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> [If I want to make people moved or cry in a film, I figure out what the room looks like, what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/if-i-want-to-make-people-moved-or-cry-in-a-film-i-figure-out-what-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/most-human-beings-who-are-accustomed-to-attempting-to-see-the-world-2/)

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> [I don't particularly want to go to a film to make me think, though I want it to be about something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-don-t-particularly-want-to-go-to-a-film-to-make-me-think-though-i/)

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> [When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/when-you-make-a-film-you-usually-make-a-film-about-an-idea/)

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> [I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have a certain number of children. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-have-one-life-i-am-a-certain-age-i-m-married-to-one-person-i-have-a/)

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> [At some point during the filmmaking process, you lose objectivity, and you need the eyes of someone who understands the process and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/at-some-point-during-the-filmmaking-process-you-lose-objectivity-and/)

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> [Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/making-films-is-much-more-difficult-than-people-imagine-and-so-the/)

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> [Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/well-the-wonderful-thing-about-making-movies-oddly-enough-is-that/)

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> [It would be a great vacation to act in a movie if I weren't directing it. But to do it while you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/it-would-be-a-great-vacation-to-act-in-a-movie-if-i-weren-t-directing/)

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> [I make films, and I hope that people come to see them. If they don't, I pay a big price. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-make-films-and-i-hope-that-people-come-to-see-them-if-they-don-t-i/)

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> [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/)

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> [People aren't interested in paying $10 or $12 to go to the movies and to be lectured to politically. I'm not either.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/people-aren-t-interested-in-paying-10-or-12-to-go-to-the-movies-and/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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