--- title: "15 Way Quotes By Sydney Pollack" description: "15 Way quotes by Sydney Pollack. Plus more from Sydney Pollack and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/sydney-pollack-2385_art_every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-fil_1659409.jpg" --- > [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/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/sydney-pollack-2385_art_every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-fil_1659409.jpg) > [I knew I wasn't going to be any great shakes as an actor - the way I looked, I would play the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-knew-i-wasn-t-going-to-be-any-great-shakes-as-an-actor-the-way-i/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sydney-pollack-2385_actor_i-knew-i-wasn-t-going-to-be-any-great-sh_2703249.jpg) > [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/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/sydney-pollack-2385_architecture_i-mean-certainly-writing-painting-photog_2785091.jpg) > [What's overwhelmingly clear is 'Havana' didn't work for people, but why it didn't work I don't feel I can put my finger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/what-s-overwhelmingly-clear-is-havana-didn-t-work-for-people-but-why/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/sydney-pollack-2385_finger_what-s-overwhelmingly-clear-is-havana-di_2647124.jpg) > [You can be moderate in a way and still intense in your views. It's the extremism that gets frightening; religious fundamentalism and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/you-can-be-moderate-in-a-way-and-still-intense-in-your-views-it-s-the/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/sydney-pollack-2385_crazy_you-can-be-moderate-in-a-way-and-still-i_1304074.jpg) > [I've always thought of Denys Finch Hatton as a combination of Hubbell Gardner from 'The Way We Were' and Jeremiah Johnson. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-ve-always-thought-of-denys-finch-hatton-as-a-combination-of-hubbell/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/sydney-pollack-2385_always_i-ve-always-thought-of-denys-finch-hatto_2451595.jpg) > [When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/when-you-work-without-a-script-you-are-in-a-sense-working-in-a-much/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/sydney-pollack-2385_prepared_when-you-work-without-a-script-you-are-i_2090775.jpg) > [You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/sydney-pollack-2385_decision_you-mustn-t-regret-decisions-that-you-ma_178153.jpg) > [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/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/sydney-pollack-2385_art_making-a-film-is-a-way-for-me-to-underst_1800675.jpg) > [I see my job as trying to entertain you, to be balanced in some way, and morally responsible. I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-see-my-job-as-trying-to-entertain-you-to-be-balanced-in-some-way/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/sydney-pollack-2385_balanced_i-see-my-job-as-trying-to-entertain-you_400456.jpg) > [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/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/sydney-pollack-2385_bigs_i-make-films-and-i-hope-that-people-come_742402.jpg) > [Once I start to do a film, it has inferences. If a guy walks down a street and kicks a dog, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/once-i-start-to-do-a-film-it-has-inferences-if-a-guy-walks-down-a/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/sydney-pollack-2385_car_once-i-start-to-do-a-film-it-has-inferen_2892263.jpg) > [I love having made a film and watching it when it affects audiences in a positive way. It was always fun for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-love-having-made-a-film-and-watching-it-when-it-affects-audiences/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/sydney-pollack-2385_amusing_i-love-having-made-a-film-and-watching-i_3010752.jpg) > [By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/by-that-i-mean-i-think-that-it-is-true-that-politics-and-political/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/sydney-pollack-2385_bites_by-that-i-mean-i-think-that-it-is-true-t_1891896.jpg) > [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/) [Sydney Pollack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-pollack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/sydney-pollack-2385_accustomed_most-human-beings-who-are-accustomed-to_2611499.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/sydney-pollack/#itemlist", "name": "15 Way Quotes By Sydney Pollack", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney Pollack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-film-in-a-way/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/sydney-pollack-2385_art_every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-fil_1659409.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/sydney-pollack-2385_art_every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-fil_1659409.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/sydney-pollack-2385_art_every-single-art-form-is-involved-in-fil_1659409.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.” — Sydney Pollack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I knew I wasn't going to be any great shakes as an actor - the way I looked, I would play the soda jerk or the friend of a friend.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney Pollack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-knew-i-wasn-t-going-to-be-any-great-shakes-as-an-actor-the-way-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sydney-pollack-2385_actor_i-knew-i-wasn-t-going-to-be-any-great-sh_2703249.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sydney-pollack-2385_actor_i-knew-i-wasn-t-going-to-be-any-great-sh_2703249.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/sydney-pollack-2385_actor_i-knew-i-wasn-t-going-to-be-any-great-sh_2703249.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I knew I wasn't going to be any great shakes as an actor - the way I looked, I would play the soda jerk or…” — Sydney Pollack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney Pollack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/i-mean-certainly-writing-painting-photography-dance-architecture/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/sydney-pollack-2385_architecture_i-mean-certainly-writing-painting-photog_2785091.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/sydney-pollack-2385_architecture_i-mean-certainly-writing-painting-photog_2785091.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/sydney-pollack-2385_architecture_i-mean-certainly-writing-painting-photog_2785091.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every…” — Sydney Pollack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's overwhelmingly clear is 'Havana' didn't work for people, but why it didn't work I don't feel I can put my finger on in a way I can learn from.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sydney Pollack" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-pollack/what-s-overwhelmingly-clear-is-havana-didn-t-work-for-people-but-why/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/sydney-pollack-2385_finger_what-s-overwhelmingly-clear-is-havana-di_2647124.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/sydney-pollack-2385_finger_what-s-overwhelmingly-clear-is-havana-di_2647124.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/sydney-pollack-2385_finger_what-s-overwhelmingly-clear-is-havana-di_2647124.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What's overwhelmingly clear is 'Havana' didn't work for people, but why it didn't work I don't feel I can…” — Sydney Pollack", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can be moderate in a way and still intense in your views. 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