"Throughout the years, unpretentious and never condescending, he shared with me what he loved about family, storytelling, food, flying and a great bottle of vino," said Cruise, who met Pollack in 1982 and starred in Pollack's The Firm in 1993. "He was a Renaissance man and a great friend. I will miss him dearly." Pollack won an Oscar for best director for Out of Africa in 1986 and was nominated for directing Tootsie (1982) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
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