213 Quotes by Sydney Pollack

It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.

Audiences want to feel something intense, quickly, without wasting a lot of time.

I am not a visual innovator.

I'm not going to pretend to know one more thing than I know.

My strength is with actors. I think I'm good at working with them to get the best performances, at seeing what it is that they have and that the story needs.

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.

The essence to me of all good drama is argument.

People sense when you're pretending, when you're worried about your own ego.

I always go for the craft first because, to me, that's like an oil well - you either hit the oil or you don't.