There isn't a studio in the world that wouldn't burn half its soundstages to get a Tom Cruise movie. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I'm 47 years old, and I have to accept the fact that I'm probably not going to set the world on fire...… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
If you have a career like mine, which is so identified with Hollywood, with big studios and stars, you wonder if maybe… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
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,… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal… — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is. — Sydney Pollack Copy Share Image
I do have a responsibility, but I would make the most boring films in the world if I woke up every morning… — 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
