213 Quotes by Sydney Pollack

Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies, you know, the Saturday and Sunday popcorn movies.

I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing.

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

No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did.

You don't normally do another presentation of All About Eve. You do one All About Eve, and that's it.

I mean, I don't know anything else that I would try to do, but it's a very frustrating thing to do, because you are trying to take what's a fantasy in your head and make it live through the minds of 200 people.

I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.

Burt Lancaster was largely responsible for me becoming a director.