213 Quotes by Sydney Pollack

Obviously its a good feeling to know that something you’ve done has lasted.

You know, essentially when you do a play you’re reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That’s not what happens with a movie.

But, I’ve made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

I’m not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don’t know how to evaluate that.

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.

You can't trust your memory. You change it to suit yourself.

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

I remembered myself as an unpopular and rather sad kid.

All the movies I've made are essentially character-driven movies about people that I'm interested in.