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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

Related Quotes

  1. I could not have made this movie without Meryl Streep ... She is astounding — personally, professionally, all ways.
    SOURCE: MSNBC 18 months ago
  2. 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: Malaysia Sun 18 months ago
  3. Sydney let the dialogue and the emotion of a scene speak for itself ... Not given to cinematic tricks, his gentle and thoughtful touch and his focus on the story let us inhabit the world he created in each film.
    Michael Apted SOURCE: The Australian 18 months ago
  4. Most of the great directors that I know of were not actors, so I can’t tell you it’s a requirement ... On the other hand, it’s an enormous help.
    SOURCE: Think Fashion 18 months ago
  5. A tip of the hat to a class act. He’ll be missed terribly.
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  6. I saw this crazy guy beating on the windows at the museum -- he was out there with a throwaway drugstore camera in his hand -- so I opened the door and let him in. He took some shots of the building, stayed for the party and flew away.
    SOURCE: The Australian 18 months ago
  7. I'm not essentially a comedy director
    SOURCE: The Australian 18 months ago
  8. I was shocked at the success of both Tootsie and Out of Africa
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  9. I wouldn't know what you would say if I got one.
    SOURCE: WNBC New York 18 months ago
  10. Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better. ... He'll be missed terribly.
    George Clooney George Clooney SOURCE: Original Signal: Movies 18 months ago

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