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Oscar-Winning Director Sydney Pollack Dies

Famed director, producer and actor Sydney Pollack, the filmmaker behind such classics as "Out of Africa," "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," has died. Full Article at NBC 11 San Francisco

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  1. They tried to give me something called a 'Living Legend Award, ' and I wouldn't take it
    SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 18 months ago
  2. I wouldn't know what you would say if I got one.
    SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 18 months ago
  3. Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better ... A tip of the hat to a class act. He'll be missed terribly.
    George Clooney George Clooney SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 18 months ago
  4. Having the opportunity to know Sydney and work with him was a great gift in my life ... He was a good friend and a phenomenal director and I will cherish every moment that I ever spent with him.
    SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 18 months ago
  5. I don't know if I'm humble or not humble or whatever. I just know that I can't believe that there are people in this business that take themselves so seriously ... I don't think it's good for anybody to begin to believe your press notices. You have to just try to keep your eyes on where you're going and...
    SOURCE: NBC 11 San Francisco 18 months ago
  6. I can live with myself ... because at the end of the day, I think I do more good than harm.
    SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 18 months ago
  7. I don't know if I'm humble or not humble or whatever. I just know that I can't believe that there are people in this business that take themselves so seriously ... I don't think it's good for anybody to begin to believe your press notices. You have to just try to keep your eyes on where you're going and...
    SOURCE: WNBC New York 18 months ago
  8. They are completely different genres — contemporary New York comedy about theatre actors and then this kind of old-fashioned epic romance
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  9. He was a Renaissance man and a great friend. I will miss him dearly.
    SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 18 months ago
  10. Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better
    SOURCE: People 18 months ago

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