My films ought to be judged on whether they're entertaining or good as films, but not on the political view necessarily. I'm… — 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 see my job as trying to entertain you, to be balanced in some way, and morally responsible. I don't want to… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I think a lot of creative people are uncomfortable with therapy. Because you're basically trying to 'solve' the unconscious. And the unconscious… — 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 mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing to do, because… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
People aren't interested in paying $10 or $12 to go to the movies and to be lectured to politically. I'm not either.… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I'm trying to be morally responsible and no more. I don't have an agenda I'm trying to push. People talk about Three… — 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
