“ The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure. ”
If I'm lucky, in my wildest dreams I can make a picture every three years.
~ Sydney Pollack
My strength is with actors. I think I'm good at working with them to get the best performances, at seeing what it is that they have and that the story needs.
If you list the qualities that we consider feminine, they are patience, understanding, empathy, supportiveness, a desire to nurture. Our culture tells us those are feminine traits, but they're really just human.
I do have a responsibility, but I would make the most boring films in the world if I woke up every morning worrying about my social responsibility.
