Sydney Pollack

"I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way."

"I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon."

"I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business."

"The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure."

"Every single art form is involved in film, in a way."

"When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea."