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    An accomplished actor, Pollack’s last screen appearance was alongside George Clooney in the critically-acclaimed legal thriller Michael Clayton (2007), which he also co-produced. "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better" said Clooney, who also starred in Leatherheads (2008), on which Pollack was executive producer. Full Article at Irish Examiner
    Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better
    George Clooney – George Clooney SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
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Tributes as Pollack, 73, dies after cancer battle
  1. A tip of the hat to a class act. He’ll be missed terribly.
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  2. I was shocked at the success of both Tootsie and Out of Africa
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  3. Sydney’s and my relationship — both professionally and personally — covers 40 years ... It’s too personal to express in a soundbite.
    Robert Redford – Robert Redford SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  4. A tall, handsome, immediately charismatic man, he was a director most actors loved to work with, because when he talked to them about acting he knew what he was talking about
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago
  5. 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
  6. But I think of Out of Africa as closer to the movies I grew up loving. They did more of those then. They don’t make so many now.
    SOURCE: Irish Examiner 18 months ago

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