Sydney Pollack movie quotes

“- E.R. Doctor: The bone protrusion through the skin, that's not a good sign. You're body temperature is below 80, and your, your, your heart's stopped beating.
- Ernest Menville: What the hell does that mean?
- E.R. Doctor: Exactly! What... what... I'm going to get a second opinion.”
Sydney Pollack - E.R. Doctor
Bruce Willis - Ernest Menville

“Film is a collective experience.”
Sydney Pollack

“Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.”
Sydney Pollack

“I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did.”
Sydney Pollack

“Movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.”
Sydney Pollack

“- George Fields: No, no, that's too limited... nobody in Hollywood wants to work with you either. I can't even set you up for a commercial. You played a tomato for 30 seconds - they went a half a day over schedule because you wouldn't sit down.
- Michael Dorsey: Of course. It was illogical.
- George Fields: You were a tomato. A tomato doesn't...” (continue)(continue reading)
Sydney Pollack - George Fields
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“I can live with myself... because at the end of the day I think I do more good than harm... what other standard have I got to judge by?”
Sydney Pollack - Stephen Delano

“- George Fields: I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to make money.
- Michael Dorsey: You make it out like I'm some flake, George. I am in this business to make money, too.”

Sydney Pollack - George Fields
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey

“Nobody killed anybody. Someone died. It happens all the time. Life goes on. It always does, until it doesn't. But you know that, don't you?”
Sydney Pollack - Victor Ziegler

“- George Fields: Julie thinks your gay?
- Michael Dorsey: No, my friend Sandy.
- George Fields: Sleep with her, and she'll...
- Michael Dorsey: I slept with her once she's still thinks I'm gay!
- George Fields: Oh... that's no good, Michael.”
Sydney Pollack - George Fields
Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey