Tootsie- Sydney Pollack and Dustin Hoffman- George's office

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  • @brianpomeroy9624
    @brianpomeroy9624 3 роки тому +193

    This is a perfect example of great writing. In just a few short minutes, we learn that Michael Dorsey is a difficult actor and why his career is failing. This is done in such a way that the characters are not only expressing their thoughts and feelings to each other in the dialogue, but also giving information about Michael Dorsey's character without forcing it on the audience.

    • @EagleFang74
      @EagleFang74 Рік тому +21

      Exactly. And you can also tell that they’ve had this argument many times before.

    • @00177454419
      @00177454419 Рік тому +2

      "Excuse me, Is my acting interfering with your talking ?"

    • @Kylopod
      @Kylopod Рік тому +13

      This may well be one of the greatest expositional scenes of all time.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому

      ​@@EagleFang74 maybe in real life

    • @michaelj.r457
      @michaelj.r457 Рік тому +9

      Yeah, and that's why Hoffman argued for Pollack to play the agent. This scene, in Dustin's eyes, was crucial to the whole movie, in establishing that Michael's reputation for being difficult is large enough that NO ONE will hire him (and that his own agent has to emphasize it THREE times.) He has no choice but to disguise himself. Dustin used the example of how Some Like It Hot was dependent on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and Jack and Tony fearing for their lives after they are spotted at eyewitnesses. Dustin felt it would get close to a truthful level if Pollack, due to their real arguments, and as a man above Dustin in the filmmaking hierarchy as director, told him he would never get any work and that he was difficult, as opposed to a peer like Dabney Coleman (originally set to play the agent.)

  • @jaywilson4520
    @jaywilson4520 8 років тому +113

    This is a fantastic scene. Pollack was vastly underrated as an actor.

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 8 років тому +5

      And he did more acting than directing too.

    • @bradleybrown8399
      @bradleybrown8399 2 роки тому

      By whom?

    • @danielterry382
      @danielterry382 2 місяці тому

      He was in a Soprano's episode years later with Tony !

  • @tomtrinchera8405
    @tomtrinchera8405 4 роки тому +41

    "I will not get sucked into this conversation, I will not!" And he promptly gets sucked into the conversation.

    • @PhilippeTapon
      @PhilippeTapon 2 місяці тому +2

      And then Michael says “I don’t want to argue about it” and continues arguing.

  • @beckerman88
    @beckerman88 9 років тому +265

    Sydney Pollack was tremendous in this as the agent - brilliant acting, and hilarious!

    • @pruthvish007
      @pruthvish007 4 роки тому +6

      Him & Bill Murray were brilliant

    • @jonahfalcon1970
      @jonahfalcon1970 3 роки тому +15

      @@pruthvish007 You're watching reality because Pollack HATED having to direct a very difficult Hoffman.

    • @freebretth
      @freebretth 3 роки тому +5

      Terrific dialogue.

    • @robertmcelwaine7024
      @robertmcelwaine7024 3 роки тому +8

      The wonderful thing about this scene is it's not hard to agree and sympathize with George. Michael is essentially a decent guy but he fails to grasp the concept of dramatic license, and takes the acting profession a little too seriously. Supposedly Hoffman wasn't that far removed from his character in real life, and had shouting matches with Pollack on set or in his office. Art immiitating life.

    • @moimeme6533
      @moimeme6533 3 роки тому +6

      @@robertmcelwaine7024 also he had to persuade/convince S. Pollack to play the role of the agent, which was orig slated to be Dabney Coleman , who was in turn ultimately cast as the womanizing tv director.

  • @Charlito732
    @Charlito732 3 роки тому +79

    "I'm your agent, not your mother". This is one of the best dialogues in cinema history. Pollack and Hoffman, fucking hilarious.

  • @VtRD
    @VtRD 10 років тому +197

    Sidney Pollack was not only a brilliant director, he was a fine actor, too. Miss him, The writing in this scene, and the whole movie, is crisp and right on target. Casting was perfect, too--especially the late Charles Durning.

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 10 років тому +5

      Not all the roles were first choices. Actually, Sydney wanted Dabney Coleman to play George. It was Hoffman who insisted Sydney play it. Also, Dustin wanted Polly Holliday in the role Doris Belack got.

    • @ChrisWolff2013
      @ChrisWolff2013 7 років тому +8

      Man was just a natural and insanely talented.

    • @funkmike
      @funkmike 6 років тому +5

      From what I've heard in interviews, this was almost exactly the kind of arguments and relationship Pollack and Hoffman had in real life while making this film. A brilliant form of self-casting.

    • @superlex611
      @superlex611 6 років тому +2

      funkmike but they improvised the scene

    • @jg1205
      @jg1205 5 років тому

      @Roger B That was Dave Grusin

  • @jparsley77
    @jparsley77 9 років тому +87

    "I did an endive salad that knocked critics on their ass!"

  • @robertmcelwaine7024
    @robertmcelwaine7024 3 роки тому +134

    This scene never gets old. The exchange between Michael and George about the tomato commercial is priceless!

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 2 роки тому +4

      I think what makes it great is that both characters make good points about what they are talking about. Neither one is completely right nor wrong.

    • @yama5182
      @yama5182 2 роки тому +3

      IT explained so much in a short amount of time…so clearly that we UNDERSTOOD Micheal…empathized hilariously and completely! 💖🤣

    • @BrianSerpente
      @BrianSerpente 8 місяців тому

      Dustin Hoffman such a brilliant talented actor😊

    • @michaelshepard9824
      @michaelshepard9824 4 місяці тому

      ​@@BrianSerpenteSydney was no slack himself!

  • @TheColinChapman
    @TheColinChapman 8 років тому +199

    nobody wants to pay twenty dollars to watch people living next to chemical waste, they can see that in New Jersey!

    • @haroldsgirl5043
      @haroldsgirl5043 8 років тому +6

      +TheColinChapman lmfao! Love that line! :)

    • @GD1082
      @GD1082 3 роки тому +7

      One of the greatest lines in cinema.

    • @moimeme6533
      @moimeme6533 3 роки тому +10

      Preceded by “who gives a sh*t?!” 😆

    • @jameyb1984
      @jameyb1984 3 роки тому +4

      Great line 😂😂😂😂

    • @brianpomeroy9624
      @brianpomeroy9624 2 роки тому +2

      Great line.

  • @irrationallynegative
    @irrationallynegative 7 місяців тому +30

    A master class in writing and acting. My god, Sidney Pollack was an outstanding director but also a vastly underrated actor. This scene and Russian Tea Room are comedy gems.

    • @lynnhanson2169
      @lynnhanson2169 7 місяців тому +2

      The whole movie is perfect. Beefsteak 🍅!!

    • @j.st.jamesesq.9599
      @j.st.jamesesq.9599 Місяць тому

      I believe Pollack started out as an actor, then switched his career to directing.

  • @jenniferlapidus2229
    @jenniferlapidus2229 4 роки тому +40

    The joke is that Hoffman has always had a reputation for being “difficult.” Supposedly when he did the torture scenes in Marathon Man he stayed awake for 2 or 3 days. And Laurence Olivier said, “Dear boy, why don’t you try acting?”

    • @ChrisWolff2013
      @ChrisWolff2013 3 роки тому +6

      The guy was as dedicated to his craft as any actor during his time.

    • @jaywilson4520
      @jaywilson4520 3 роки тому +3

      He also had the lead role in Blade Runner too before Harrison Ford, but he got let go because they spent months discussing the role with him and answering one question after another. His rep for being exacting was well known, and Tootsie actually represented his comeback in a way. Art imitated life, or life imitated art.

    • @mskidi
      @mskidi 3 роки тому +1

      Hoffman was going through difficult times in his personal life and told Olivier about it, something about a divorce I think. So Lawrence adviced him to concentrate on his job as a way of getting his mind clear. The rest is just another bullshit fan fact, a myth.

  • @Gandalf914
    @Gandalf914 9 років тому +82

    Definitely the best scene in the movie......."Nobody wants to see a play about a couple who moved back to Love Canal." "But that actually happened!" "WHO GIVES A SHIT???!!!" hahahahahaha Oh my God I first saw this years ago and I still bust a gut!

    • @tomtrinchera8405
      @tomtrinchera8405 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, that never fails to make me laugh too. Even when I first saw this at about the age of 12, I laughed over it even tho I didn't understand it!

  • @charlespeters5337
    @charlespeters5337 9 років тому +147

    "You were a TOMATO!"

    • @rydermccall3590
      @rydermccall3590 6 років тому +6

      Sean McIntosh
      And that’s what I said!

    • @blairwaldorf-bass8180
      @blairwaldorf-bass8180 5 років тому +8

      Charles Peters A TOMATO DOESNT HAVE LOGIC

    • @SandWolf_
      @SandWolf_ 5 років тому +9

      I DID THE BEST TOMATO, THE BEST CUCUMBER!

  • @Liebling05
    @Liebling05 10 років тому +84

    Best scene in the whole movie. Dustin and Sidney together are brilliant.

  • @nanday100
    @nanday100 5 років тому +38

    "This is a coast, too, George. New York is a coast too."

  • @anyviolet
    @anyviolet Рік тому +24

    "You were a TOMATO!"
    Best (and funniest) scene in the movie and I still can't believe Sydney Pollack managed to direct it and be so frickin funny at the same time.

    • @shac9131
      @shac9131 24 дні тому

      It wasn't that funny
      .
      .....

  • @EagleFang74
    @EagleFang74 Рік тому +55

    This scene is so brilliantly written and acted. After 40 years I still come back to it. The dynamic is so genuine and real. It almost feels like the sort of scene you’d write for a father and adult son. The father who loves his child but is completely exasperated trying to force them to face reality and grow up.

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 Рік тому +2

      It is in actual real life scene

    • @mattpope1746
      @mattpope1746 Рік тому +6

      I wonder how much of the real life dynamic between the two men is being channeled brilliantly into the scene. Sydney Pollack the pragmatic director and Dustin Hoffman, the high-maintenance actor. My guess is the two may have had conversations on set that resembled this scene.

    • @madeleinegrayson8372
      @madeleinegrayson8372 2 місяці тому

      ​@@mattpope1746Pollock was an actor first, he's not so removed from the actor mentality.

  • @jamescollinson2179
    @jamescollinson2179 5 років тому +46

    This scene and the one with Pollack and Hoffman as Dorothy at the Russian Tea Room are hilarious and brilliantly written and acted.

    • @JohnLutherable
      @JohnLutherable 2 роки тому +3

      the face Pollack makes when Dorothy asks him about the tea house, perfection lol

  • @kneeman66
    @kneeman66 3 роки тому +38

    One of the greatest 4 minutes of dialog in movies

  • @kieguy
    @kieguy 16 років тому +66

    "YOU WERE A TOMATO!!! A TOMATO DOESN'T HAVE LOGIC! A TOMATO CAN'T MOVE!"
    "That's what I said! So if he can't move, how's he gonna sit down, George?! I was a stand-up tomato, a juicy, sexy, beefsteak tomato...NOBODY DOES VEGETABLES LIKE ME!!"

    • @moimeme6533
      @moimeme6533 3 роки тому +4

      there is a certain logic to it 😆

    • @HybridSpektar
      @HybridSpektar 3 роки тому +2

      Arguably the best part in this whole movie!

    • @otherworld11
      @otherworld11 3 роки тому +3

      dear God, let me write something this funny.

    • @Kenistyless
      @Kenistyless 24 дні тому

      ​@otherworld11 it's not that hard; just template it to a different genre...

  • @HC-cb4yp
    @HC-cb4yp 2 роки тому +13

    It's not that Hollywood won't make movies like this anymore, it's that Hollywood doesn't know HOW to make movies like this any more and that is a heart-breaking tragedy...

    • @madeleinegrayson8372
      @madeleinegrayson8372 2 місяці тому

      The corporate overlords wouldn't allow it anyway. And the green haired woke mob would have a fit.

  • @davidmcgrath8228
    @davidmcgrath8228 6 років тому +3

    i love this movie ..the 80s had great movies great actors /times Sydney had great talent.....

  • @arrestedeveloper
    @arrestedeveloper 15 років тому +24

    You're a TOMATO!!! A tomato doesn't have logic! A tomato can't move!!!
    Priceless!

  • @jcee6886
    @jcee6886 6 років тому +37

    Sidney and Dustin... A master-class in acting right here. To think Sidney did not want to play the agent because he couldn't act

  • @xhezeii
    @xhezeii 8 років тому +37

    A JUICY SEXY BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES!

  • @integral
    @integral 16 років тому +32

    Sydney was one of those artists who always brought quality and heart to his work, whether acting or directing. He reminded us of how good it is to be human, to feel, to laugh, and love.

  • @WitchmanDumb
    @WitchmanDumb 11 років тому +29

    This scene is actually based on the real relationship between Pollack and Hoffman.

  • @aerialkate
    @aerialkate 11 років тому +33

    Best scene in the film, for me. Sydney Pollack was such an underrated actor. He equals Dustin Hoffman in this scene (in fact I think he stole it) and he's also terrific in Woody Allen's 'Husbands and Wives'. He should've acted more.

    • @HovaNirvana
      @HovaNirvana 6 років тому +5

      aerialkate He definitely stole the last scene they had together in the movie. ALL of George’s reactions to Michael are GOLD.

  • @joshmorgan407
    @joshmorgan407 Рік тому +4

    In acting class in College I wrote and performed a two person scene modeled after this scene and the Help Me Help You scene in Jerry Maguire

  • @rushrush1209
    @rushrush1209 6 років тому +9

    The best part of the movie how they are bickering at each other.

  • @karen82lin
    @karen82lin 10 років тому +45

    One of the best comedies ever! This movie stands the test of time, no doubt about it.

  • @jesseburleson432
    @jesseburleson432 9 років тому +48

    Stellar acting. Hoffman and Pollack are absolutely brilliant!

  • @Liebling05
    @Liebling05 12 років тому +28

    Seriously, I'm in tears. One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite comedies. I adore Dustin Hoffman :)

  • @folarinosibodu
    @folarinosibodu Рік тому +8

    damn the writing is so pitch perfect.

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 Рік тому +6

    When you wanna send a steak back, Michael Dorsey is a name. LOL, so many great lines in this scene

  • @jeffstell9146
    @jeffstell9146 Рік тому +7

    Another sign Hoffman is a legend. He's a tremendous actor with a successful career and he totally nails the struggling loser actor part perfectly

  • @otherworld11
    @otherworld11 4 роки тому +2

    Great scene from one of the greatest movies ever made.

  • @davidzasloff8797
    @davidzasloff8797 Рік тому +6

    The story goes that Dustin Hoffman had trouble doing this scene for some time, until he suggested that Sydney Pollack take the role of George, the agent. Hoffman said he’d have trouble listening to another actor trying to be his agent, but that he’d listen to his director being his agent. Pollack was reluctant, but eventually agreed, and the result was as we see here. This is one of the problems with method acting; makes it hard to invent stuff for a performance.

    • @madeleinegrayson8372
      @madeleinegrayson8372 2 місяці тому

      Method is total bs. It's masturbating in public. No one wants to see your therapy sessions, lol. Act, don't wallow.

    • @Paul_Wetor
      @Paul_Wetor 2 місяці тому +1

      I read that too. This might have been a common occurrence during filming, except here it was part of the story.

  • @setpunks13
    @setpunks13 10 років тому +21

    I love that his roommate wrote a play called "return to love canal" lol
    who the hell would go BACK to love canal??

  • @12classics39
    @12classics39 4 місяці тому +5

    The exchange about the tomato is alone some of the greatest comedy writing of all time.

  • @MatthewGeoffino
    @MatthewGeoffino 14 років тому +32

    "WHO GIVES A SHIT?!!! Nobody wants to pay $20 to watch people live next to chemical waste, they can see that in New Jersey"...golden...simply golden

    • @tommyt1971
      @tommyt1971 5 років тому

      And the situation in Jersey was probably WORSE than Love Canal! (NO offense to any Jerseyites!)

    • @Chuck0856
      @Chuck0856 3 роки тому

      @@tommyt1971 Sorry, offense taken.

    • @Chuck0856
      @Chuck0856 3 роки тому

      Not to anyone who really knows NJ.

  • @DarrenBonJovi
    @DarrenBonJovi 9 років тому +32

    I could never order an endive salad without smirking

  • @hobokenplayboy
    @hobokenplayboy 15 років тому +25

    I know Jessica Lange won Best Supporting Actress, but I also say that Sydney Pollak should have been nominated for & WON Best Supporting Actor. A truly unappreciated performance.

    • @JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex
      @JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex 6 років тому +3

      Seriously, she was NOTHING special in this movie. I wouldn't have nominated her at all. Pollack should have won!

    • @superlex611
      @superlex611 6 років тому +1

      Jennifer Brigitte in general Pollack was more himself in that scene and he directed in his own way

    • @nickholden8642
      @nickholden8642 2 роки тому

      Facts!

  • @kenw5104
    @kenw5104 4 роки тому +4

    1:50 "Who gives a shit!!! Nobody wants to pay 20 dollars to watch people livin next to chemical waste!!! They can see that in New Jersey!!!!" I never forget this line I first heard it 8 or 9. Only when I was a teen that realized the person who said it was a notable film director. RIP Sydney.

  • @washcloud
    @washcloud 15 років тому +24

    "...Y O U W E R E A T O M A T O !!!
    A TOMATO DOESN'T HAVE LOGIC!
    A TOMATO CAN'T MOVE!!"
    Honest to god (even though i don't believe in one), here where Pollack cracks up, has always been one of the most appreciated moments in movie history as far as my taste goes. The whole office scene of course too.

  • @MikeMJPMUNCH
    @MikeMJPMUNCH 9 років тому +32

    Check out the behind the scenes of the making of Tootsie you will see this exactly how Pollack and Hoffman were with each other away from the camera although they were also very friendly towards each other as well but their arguments are so funny. It is what made Pollack perfect casting for the role of the agent.

    • @sha11235
      @sha11235 8 років тому +8

      It was Hoffman's idea for Sydney to play it.

    • @Paul_Wetor
      @Paul_Wetor 2 місяці тому

      They probably put their real feelings into this scene. Hoffman didn't feel he could push back like this to another actor. But to the director he could. And Sidney did have past acting experience, but twenty years before.

  • @mca1218
    @mca1218 16 років тому +16

    Always wanted to meet this guy. Mr. Pollack always seemed like the friendliest, most approachable talent in the world. Have always been a big admirer of his. And he will be forever emblazoned in my memory for brilliantly arguing with Dustin Hoffman over the logistics of being a tomato. Now I must just say God rest him. Thanks for this.

  • @commanderkeen3787
    @commanderkeen3787 3 роки тому +14

    "I'm your agent, not your mother!" Haha fantastic writing

  • @Godzillabrawler
    @Godzillabrawler Рік тому +4

    1:20 I will not get sucked into this conversation, Michael. I will not!

    • @crisvanfan
      @crisvanfan 10 місяців тому +2

      And proceeds to get sucked into the conversation

  • @davidbkopp
    @davidbkopp 11 років тому +21

    One of the best scenes in movie history.

  • @jadentrez
    @jadentrez 3 роки тому +3

    "New York is a coast too!"
    "Oh boy!" (The agent sees right away Michael is right back in Tomatoland)

  • @gaoutlaw
    @gaoutlaw 5 років тому +5

    "Who gives a sh*t??!" Sydney rocks.

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 11 років тому +20

    I love it how George goes nuts over the tomato.

  • @sha11235
    @sha11235 11 років тому +7

    I would love to do this scene in an acting class.

  • @kmoorej
    @kmoorej 16 років тому +2

    When I heard, this was the first thing I looked for.

  • @jeromerizzo423
    @jeromerizzo423 3 місяці тому +2

    "You were a Tomato!"😂😂😂😂

  • @BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld
    @BeautifulSpirit-kf5ld 2 роки тому +4

    Michael is this complex mix of fear (please respect me!!), and respect for George, and denial, and unmet ego needs ...Brilliant writing.

  • @orbison
    @orbison 3 роки тому +4

    2:26 "You argue with everybody!"
    If you know the behind the scenes stories about the movie, you can't argue that that line was just as much Sydney talking to Dustin as it was George talking to Michael.

  • @bigd3087
    @bigd3087 2 роки тому +2

    “I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass!” 🤣🤣☠️☠️
    8 years old when this movie came out. Saw it in theaters, one of my favorites ever since…40 years?? Awesome…

  • @mikeesernia4281
    @mikeesernia4281 2 роки тому +2

    “You were a tomato!!! A tomato doesn’t have logic - a tomato can’t move!”
    “That’s what I said! So if he can’t move, how’s he gonna sit down, George???”
    🤣😂

    • @NJGuy1973
      @NJGuy1973 Рік тому

      Michael does make a good point.

  • @D.savvy4428
    @D.savvy4428 8 років тому +27

    family guy brought me here

  • @RK-ml2ns
    @RK-ml2ns 3 роки тому +8

    One of the greatest movies ever made.

  • @HybridSpektar
    @HybridSpektar 3 роки тому +1

    YOU WERE A TOMATO! A tomato doesn't have logic!! A tomato can't move!!

  • @lenthisgoldstein9553
    @lenthisgoldstein9553 3 роки тому +5

    I agree this was Sydney Pollack's best scene great acting from an amazing director.

  • @ATCguy1973
    @ATCguy1973 2 роки тому +3

    I think this scene has to be one of the funniest, if not the funniest, director cameos ever in movie history!

  • @davidaghasaryan1343
    @davidaghasaryan1343 3 роки тому +8

    I've seen this film so many times, I can practically quote the whole film

  • @darrensmall5548
    @darrensmall5548 2 роки тому +3

    "Nobody does vegetables like me" ! that line cracks me up every time.

  • @eldo59
    @eldo59 14 років тому

    This is definitely classic. Don't see too many recent movies with this much energy in dialogue.
    Love this movie!!!
    Its all ripe tomatoes!!!

  • @BDK421
    @BDK421 Рік тому +2

    I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their asses. I had forgotten how funny this movie was.

  • @mistermattmoose
    @mistermattmoose 11 років тому +12

    i played an endive salad that knocked the critics on their asses!

    • @maddymud
      @maddymud 5 років тому

      mistermatt moose my fav line in the flick

  • @TheFrankyboy75
    @TheFrankyboy75 13 років тому +7

    My God Sydney Pollack was brilliant too. Forever missed.

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 5 років тому +11

    Most of the dialog in this scene had to have been improvised -- their interaction is too perfect to have been written out!

  • @jamesmackinnon7727
    @jamesmackinnon7727 4 роки тому +7

    This movie was a gem: one of the greatest of screen actors portrayed an actor who is obnoxious and not as good as he thinks is (though he did pull off the lady character!).

  • @RYN988
    @RYN988 9 місяців тому +2

    This is a fantastically written show. Always makes me laugh hysterically! YOU’RE A TOMATO!

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 2 роки тому +2

    I really miss Sydney Pollack, a brilliant director AND actor

  • @julievanberkel3058
    @julievanberkel3058 10 років тому +7

    My most favorite film ever. Funny, intelligent and thought provoking because it addresses real issues between the sexes. Dustin Hoffman is also SO delicious!

  • @YD-uq5fi
    @YD-uq5fi 4 роки тому +3

    Sydney Pollack should have been in front of the camera a lot more. By contrast, Quentin Tarantino should be much less (he doesn't have it, but Pollack does).

  • @Jaime-ep3ce
    @Jaime-ep3ce Рік тому +2

    Simply brilliant..thanks very much..😂😂..\m/

  • @Jamthecoolerator
    @Jamthecoolerator 4 роки тому +6

    This scene is perfect in and of itself.

  • @MemoryFoamWarehouse
    @MemoryFoamWarehouse 16 років тому +8

    One of the greatest scenes in film history.

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 Рік тому +3

    I think this is one of the best scenes ever put on film. Love the chemistry between Hoffman and Pollack

  • @jimmccabe9412
    @jimmccabe9412 5 років тому +6

    Hands down one of the best scenes.

  • @mattsurridge9129
    @mattsurridge9129 9 місяців тому +3

    One of the best scenes of all time.

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 Рік тому +3

    I did an endive salad that knocked the critics on their ass! Awesome writing

  • @EricAKATheBelgianGuy
    @EricAKATheBelgianGuy 2 роки тому +2

    "You play a tomato for thirty seconds, they go half a day over schedule because you wouldn't sit down."
    "Yes. It wasn't logical."
    "YOU WERE A TOMATO! A tomato doesn't have logic! A tomato can't move!"

  • @JohnLutherable
    @JohnLutherable 2 роки тому +2

    "nobody wants to produce a play about a couple who moved back to Love Canal"
    "but that actually happened!"
    "WHO GIVES A SHIT!"

  • @nickgodfrey1148
    @nickgodfrey1148 8 місяців тому +2

    “You argue with everybody!””
    “You were a tomato! A tomato doesn’t have logic! A tomato can’t move!” 😆😆😆😆
    Great acting by Sydney Pollack but from what I remember, he wasn’t acting: his patience with Hoffman (known for being difficult) was almost exhausted. You can really feel his exasperation with Hoffman’s character. I imagine Hoffman was just playing himself. Whatever they were doing though works brilliantly. Some of my favourite scenes in the movie are with these two (the scene in the restaurant is brilliant as well). Fantastic movie all round. Used to be on in England a lot at Christmas but rarely shown now.

  • @goldcanyon340.
    @goldcanyon340. Рік тому +2

    Everyone says that the “one strange hospital” scene is the greatest moment from this film. But I say it’s a draw between the “No one will hire you” & the Russian Tea Room scene. I can’t decide. Thoughts?

  • @Chanks420
    @Chanks420 11 років тому +8

    Perfection of art. This scene is pure perfection.

  • @VtRD
    @VtRD 3 роки тому +1

    Brilliant dialogue, acting, and film. Before it was cool, this film explored what it meant to be a man and a woman.

  • @brettsinger9565
    @brettsinger9565 11 місяців тому +4

    Sydney Pollack does a good job as the harried agent.

    • @madeleinegrayson8372
      @madeleinegrayson8372 2 місяці тому

      It's not so far from harried director and producer, lol. They deal with the same self absorbed lunatics.

  • @dianalee3059
    @dianalee3059 2 роки тому +2

    I read somewhere that Dustin Hoffman sent Sydney Pollack roses every day with a card that said Please be my agent, Love, Dorothy until Pollack said yes

  • @pureoaknut
    @pureoaknut 11 років тому +4

    It's my favorite scene in the movie. My next favorite is the one where he tells George that Charles Durning proposed to him and he needs to get out of his contract...

    • @traceytillman7453
      @traceytillman7453 4 роки тому

      pureoaknut that moment the entire movie theater rolled out the aisle.

  • @TomthatiscalledTom
    @TomthatiscalledTom 17 років тому +3

    You were a TOMATO! A tomato doesn't have logic! A tomato can't move!

  • @fosbury68
    @fosbury68 4 місяці тому +2

    "Get some therapy".
    Great scene, well-acted by director Sydney Pollack.

  • @3506Dodge
    @3506Dodge 8 років тому +8

    American popular culture was so hopeful and human then. What happened?

  • @PoxyBear
    @PoxyBear 16 років тому +11

    "Owe it all up to her and on her terms."
    "Oh God, here comes the terms"
    One of the greatest scenes ever!

  • @TomthatiscalledTom
    @TomthatiscalledTom 15 років тому +1

    I can't even send you up for a commercial..you played a tomato for 30 seconds, they went a half day over schedule cuz you wouldn't sit down
    Yes, it wasn't logical
    You were a TOMATO!!!! A Tomato doesn't have logic! a tomato can't move!!!
    That's what I said...so if he can't move, how's he gonna sit down George? I was a stand up tomato, a juicy, sexy beefsteak tomato!!! Nobody does vegetables like me!

  • @stephenfermoyle4578
    @stephenfermoyle4578 2 місяці тому +2

    i would have loved to have met him. Sydney Pollack was a really really great Man

  • @callumdoherty7204
    @callumdoherty7204 5 років тому +2

    1:51 Oh, those glorious days when a Broadway ticket was $20...