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 PollackIt's always interesting to play people different from yourself, it would be boring for me to play myself.
Sydney PollackI mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.
Sydney Pollack