I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures. Sydney Pollack More Quotes by Sydney Pollack More Quotes From Sydney Pollack [Stanley] Kubrick was a fascinating, larger than life guy who had been a friend for many years prior to our working together on that film. I found the best part of working with him to be the long conversations we had between set-ups. Sydney Pollack guy long years Reading a novel of a private experience, very, very different, the nature of it is very different. Sydney Pollack novel different reading 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. Sydney Pollack play happens art The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure. Sydney Pollack film reason sometimes The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over. Sydney Pollack delicate-things working-together people There isn't any question that Hollywood is profit driven. Anybody that thinks it isn't is a fool. It's a business. Hollywood was never philanthropy. The only purpose it had was making money; the only purpose it still has is to make money. Sydney Pollack hollywood purpose thinking You mustn't regret decisions that you make. Because the decisions are made out of your gut in a way and you have to stick with them. Sydney Pollack regret decision way When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally. Sydney Pollack prepared scripts way I make films, and I hope that people come to see them. If they don't, I pay a big price. But I can't make decisions where I would change my own standards or my own taste in order to court the public in some way. Sydney Pollack decision order people There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of that. I don't like that idea. I think all extremism is suspect. Sydney Pollack religious ideas thinking I'm not going to be an interpreter at the U.N. I'm not going to live in Africa on a farm or whatever, but I am going to see the world through those eyes when I make those films. Sydney Pollack film eye world Hollywood was set up by a bunch of businessmen. They do not see their job as being philanthropists. I don't think it's a contradiction in terms to attempt to be a good businessman and to also be liberal. Sydney Pollack hollywood jobs thinking Most human beings who are accustomed to attempting to see the world from various points of view tend to be more liberal than conservative. Sydney Pollack conservative views world People aren't interested in paying $10 or $12 to go to the movies and to be lectured to politically. I'm not either. So I don't try to make those kinds of films. Sydney Pollack kind trying people I tend to be what I would call more progressive than conservative, but I think either extreme is excessive. Sydney Pollack progressive conservative thinking Once I start to do a film, it has inferences. If a guy walks down a street and kicks a dog, you're saying something about that guy. A guy walks down the street and somebody's about to be run over and he shoves him out of his way and gets hit by the car himself, you're saying that guy's a hero. You can't avoid making certain statements. Sydney Pollack hero dog running I see my job as trying to entertain you, to be balanced in some way, and morally responsible. I don't want to glorify a killer. I don't want to glorify a rapist. I don't want to do those things, but on the other hand I don't want to lecture to you, either. Sydney Pollack trying jobs hands I'm not trying to push my political agenda on anybody. I'll do that like any other citizen by giving money to a party or candidate I believe in. I don't mind going out and endorsing somebody I believe in. But when we're talking about my films, I don't think my politics should have anything to do with it. Sydney Pollack party believe thinking The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is. Sydney Pollack acting essence views I'm not a very good predictor in any area of art, particularly my own. I don't know how to evaluate that. Sydney Pollack very-good know-how art
