Sydney Pollack Quotes

I'm not just friends with fellow actors, but I find that a lot of people are out here in L.A. I go out of my way to make sure that's not the case, but I do have a lot of friends who are actors.

I worked with Cecil B DeMille quite a few times.

I loved working with Eva Longoria.

I'd love to work with Michael Keaton, Steve Martin, and Bryan Cranston again.

If you work with a big director, access to stars becomes easier.

There are certain shows or people that I would love to work with. One of the greatest things about our business is that if you get to fan out on people you might actually get to meet.

I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy.

My husband and I oddly have worked together a couple of times. We did a 'Veronica Mars' episode together. We didn't work together, but we were both in 'Ghost World.' We had a theater company in L.A., for a bunch of years. So, we've worked together a fair amount, and it's always just great fun.

Movie stars need to retain some of that mystique if you are a big movie star.

I don't have many actor friends.

Every actor I've worked with I want to work with again.

I will admit, it's so intoxicating working with Steve Carrell. Creatively and professionally.

It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set.

On 'Sanjay and Craig,' I've had a number of chances to work with Chris Hardwick, and that is so much fun.

It was a pleasure to work with everybody at 'American Idol' and to be able to be part of the 'Idol' family.

I would love to work with Matt Damon.

I've worked with Method Man and Shaquille O'Neil on multiple occasions. I'd never have thought. It's like, 'Oh, those guys. They're my movie buddies.'

I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him.

I think there's a difference between a working actor, a movie star and a celebrity. They're all three different things.

I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.

There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise. I wanna play his brother in something - so call my agent!

It's kind of hard to work with Tom Cruise and not be aware that you're working with one of the biggest movie stars in the world.

I never thought I would work with Meryl Streep. I also love Cate Blanchett.

I've done so many movies and TV that you get to be friends with everyone.

I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it's a different job, and it's not the one I want.