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
I'm not trying to push my political agenda on anybody. I'll do that like any other citizen by giving money to a… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Hollywood was set up by a bunch of businessmen. They do not see their job as being philanthropists. I don't think it's… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
There isn't any question that Hollywood is profit driven. Anybody that thinks it isn't is a fool. It's a business. Hollywood was… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I mean, certainly it's the single biggest event, I think, in terms of popular entertainment, or art even, if you say that,… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be… — 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