I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites. Sydney Pollack favoritefingerhard Change image and share on social
I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people. Sydney Pollack filmhavemean Change image and share on social
I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality. Sydney Pollack artattractbias Change image and share on social
But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood. Sydney Pollack europefilmhave Change image and share on social
And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing. Sydney Pollack actbenddirect Change image and share on social
I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor. Sydney Pollack actorlivelucky Change image and share on social
Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different. Sydney Pollack experiencenatureprivate Change image and share on social
With a movie you're creating from the beginning this particular work, let's not call it work of art, because very few movies are works of art, let's just call them bits of popular culture, whatever they are, sometimes very rarely by accident a movie becomes a work of art. Sydney Pollack accidentartbegin share on social
The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure. Sydney Pollack failurefilmmake Change image and share on social
For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would. Sydney Pollack abeagocharisma share on social