Sydney Pollack Quotes

When you rehearse a play, you spend four weeks with one goal in mind - to wean the actor away from you. You want the actor to become completely independent and to understand all the emotional and psychological moves within the character.

Sydney Pollack

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go.

Jim Lovell

LiveScienceManMoonWorldGo

I'm a huge Ira Glass fan; I'm a huge fan of radio in general.

Jenji Kohan

GlassRadioFanGeneralIRAHuge

I think a lot of hedge funds get their trades from Wall Street and get their ideas from Wall Street. And I just like to find my own ideas. I'm reading a lot; I read a lot of news. I'm addicted to it. I basically - I follow my nose on news stories.

Michael Burry

IdeasReadingThinkFindWallNews

I never saw myself not being a stand-up. That was my plan.

Steve Harvey

MyselfPlanNeverBeingSaw

People are just way too sensitive. You couldn't have a show like 'Archie Bunker' on TV. People would go crazy; they would lose their minds.

Tracy Morgan

PeopleCrazyYouLoseGoWay

Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.

Rose Schneiderman

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I think Michael Caine is a perfectly good actor but it's obvious he's not going to be in one of my films.

Mike Leigh

GoodThinkActorGood ActorGoing

I wrote the first book, and I thought people would say: 'Separate and unequal schools in the City of Boston? I didn't know that. Let's go out and fix it.'

Jonathan Kozol

PeopleCityBookThoughtGoKnow

If you have insomnia, it's important to know you're not alone; there are millions of people also struggling with their sleep. Talk about what you're going through with others, including your doctor, and continue trying new things to help manage your insomnia.

Christina Applegate

AloneNew ThingsSleepPeopleDoctor

If the world's nations can set aside their petty bickering over religion, politics, and territory, certainly I can 'get that Olympic Spirit' and rise above my prejudices.

Colson Whitehead

PoliticsReligionWorldRise Above

Everybody thinks you're wrong and that you're a kid, and hence, you should shut up. Such reactions hurt me. I can think for myself.

Pratyusha Banerjee

MyselfMeThinkHurtYouI Can

Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.

Shenae Grimes

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