Sydney Pollack Quotes

Even with 'Three Days of the Condor,' I wanted to do a thriller. But I was still concentrating on the Faye Dunaway-Robert Redford relationship in that film.

If you list the qualities that we consider feminine, they are patience, understanding, empathy, supportiveness, a desire to nurture. Our culture tells us those are feminine traits, but they're really just human.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a wa... -Sydney Pollack

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

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This quote acknowledges that filmmaking incorporates elements from various art forms, such as writing, visual arts, music, and acting, suggesting that it is a collaborative and multidisciplinary artistic endeavor.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has be... -Sydney Pollack

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

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The quote expresses a negative opinion about the blending of politics and entertainment, suggesting that the focus on image, spectacle, and performance in politics is regrettable and detracts from substantive issues.

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.

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.

If I want to make people moved or cry in a film, I figure out what the room looks like, what the people are wearing, what time of day it is, what the light is, how to photograph it, where to put the camera. It involves optics and costume design and set design and architecture.

When you make a film you usually make a film about... -Sydney Pollack

When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.

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This quote emphasizes the conceptual aspect of filmmaking, suggesting that movies often revolve around central ideas or concepts, indicating the importance of a strong and compelling concept in movie production.

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film ar... -Sydney Pollack

The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure.

No country could claim to be civilized if its lega... -Sydney Pollack

No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.

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. And it's seeing more than one part of the building at one time.

Sydney Pollack Quotes

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