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When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

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Sydney Pollack
Age: 73 †
Born: 1934
Born: July 1
Died: 2008
Died: May 26
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Film Producer
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Television Director
New York City
New York
Sydney Irwin Pollack
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