I have to have a working knowledge of light, and optics, film emulsions and their properties, and lenses, otherwise I can't create the shoots that are the vocabulary of the films. But it is not necessary for me to be a cameraman, I can hire a cameraman.
Sydney PollackThere 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 PollackI've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.
Sydney PollackWhen 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