My strength is with actors. I think I'm good at working with them to get the best performances, at seeing what it… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I will not ever say that it's good to start with too little preparation, because that's patently not true. But I don't… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Good actors aren't enough. You need charisma. Can you imagine 'Casablanca' without Bogart and Bergman? — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I do not have a good control of running sight gags. I laugh like hell when I see them, but I don't… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I've spent most of my life trying to make actors comfortable, which I think is 90 percent of getting a good performance. — 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
