Sydney Pollack Quotes

I will not ever say that it's good to start with too little preparation, because that's patently not true. But I don't rehearse the way a lot of directors do, to stage a scene in terms of manners and attitudes and lock them in.

Sydney Pollack

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 1, 1934 - May 26, 2008

Topics

GoodPreparationStartMannersTrue

The reason that I like to use classical myths as models is because African American writers and African American stories are usually understood as occurring in some kind of vacuum - because of slavery.

Jesmyn Ward

SlaveryAmericanKindReasonVacuum

Football players are creative when they're in the moment.

John David Washington

MomentFootballCreativePlayers

Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are.

John Dryden

LovePainsSweeterPleasuresFar

I don't think Russia will follow the United States's way. I don't think Russia will follow the French way. I'm sure Russia will find its own way.

Anatoly Chubais

ThinkFindWillWayFollowOwn

When Howard Dean started saying some honest things, they hung him.

Robert Scheer

SayingHimHonestThingsStarted

Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another.

Michael Arden

TogetherPeopleSurviveProudRich

As for Kate Bosworth, I've always admired her. I watched her in a movie called 'Girl in the Park,' which has never been released - not even on DVD. I had a copy, and it was bravura acting I had not seen from her.

Rod Lurie

GirlActingCopyNeverAlwaysPark

The biggest misconception about the homeless is that they got themselves in the mess - let them get themselves out. Many people think they are simply lazy. I urge those to make a friend at a local mission and find out how wrong these assumptions are.

Ron Hall

FriendPeopleHomelessThinkMission

We tell our kids to try for what they want. We cheer them on. But at some point, we stop doing this for ourselves. We shouldn't be so quick to close doors.

Mary Steenburgen

DoorsDoingStopWantTryQuick

They look quite promising in the shop; and not entirely without hope when I get them back into my wardrobe. But then, when I put them on they tend to deteriorate with a very strange rapidity and one feels so sorry for them.

Joyce Grenfell

HopeSorryLookBackStrangeGet

I am not in competition with my peers; I am in competition with myself.

Don Dokken

MyselfCompetitionI AmPeersAm

I decided right away that whomever was going to advise me had to be fundamentally interested in music. This protected me from the skullduggery common to the music industry then and that still exists today. Of course, using this method meant that some things we didn't know and just had to learn how to do it together.

Johnny Mathis

MusicTodayTogetherMeLearnKnow

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