Word: sydney
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Because of where he was from, South Bend, Indiana, Sydney had a real love of pop culture and pop celebrity, but he was smart enough to mask that with more abstract ways of thinking. He had a very strong sense of commerciality, and that's why he always worked with stars. I think he grew up in a community where stars where very important. He used to tell me, "I went to the movies to see people like Natalie Wood and Judy Garland." He was taken with that part of the business and I think he wanted to be part...
...Much like you, Sydney was an actor, director, and producer. Did he enjoy tackling all those roles...
...When I would go to see him these last months, I just remember telling him - because I didn't know what was going to stick or not - I said, "You know Sydney, the most fun I had was in those years, when we were doing original pieces and not adaptations and not remakes or anything like that" - when we were doing original pieces about something, and it was fun because it was always going slightly uphill, and you're always fighting against whatever obstacles there were. When I look back on it I realize how much...
...think when success comes, something else enters the picture. There's a new kind of pressure that enters the picture and you're no longer in the position you were when you were working uphill and so much against the grain. I think around the time that came, Sydney became more interested in being in total control and being more of a producer. I think that's sort of where he went. And I went in a slightly different direction. I went more in the world of independent films. But we still stayed close and our families grew up together...
...think Sydney's heart was more in those [commercial] films. His track record shows that his instinct was always to go to with stars and large films. And at one point, I said, "Why don't we just get a handheld and go out and do a little black-and-white?" I just don't think he was that interested in that. I think he was interested in larger scale films...