I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have a certain number of children. I won't have another life other than that, but I do have many lives through the films.
Sydney PollackI didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor.
Sydney PollackWe talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman.
Sydney PollackOnce 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