Tootsie

“This is a great one: Tootsie. Come on, Sydney Pollack. And... Who wrote it? Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal. And I guess they all fought a lot about the script. And there’s an incredible commentary track on here that years ago I only had on LaserDisc, and now it’s back, where they explain exactly how they wrote it. So if you’re a screenwriter, this is, like, the good one to learn how to do it.”

“Now, anybody who loves film knows that if there’s a really, really difficult problem that you have to solve or an obstacle that you have to get through, cross-dressing is the number one most effective way to do that. I’ve found that in my life to be true and so has Dustin Hoffman in this classic, Tootsie. Dustin Hoffman plays a struggling actor who can’t get a gig, so he tries to get a gig on a soap opera playing this woman. He goes in drag and of course he gets it.”

“First of all I'm in shock the criterion is Tootsie okay by the way I just re-watched and it's a phenomenal film it really is it so funny Bill Murray is a genius okay but I love that you guys have to see I'm not gonna take it because I've already watched it and I'm not gonna waste mine I am going today you are taking a good...”

“I also kind of wanted to just mention Tootsie since I saw it in here and didn't realize that it was coming out on Criterion and that's a great film... This incredible powerful director Sydney Pollack making this kind of seemingly light comedy but doing it in this really intelligent way... A friend of mine told me a Sydney Pollack quote that is a film, a good film should be two sides of a good argument and I think this movie is a good example of that.”

“Tootsie is... Okay, first of all, Teri Garr in this movie – there’s a moment where she’s at the table and Dustin Hoffman admits what’s been going on and she stands up and she goes, 'What are you doing to me?!' It’s so funny. It’s one that I love also because, even though obviously the premise of it seems insane: this actor dresses as a woman to get a role, but at the same time, it’s all played in such a grounded way that it just really... I think it’s emotional and it’s funny.”

“Oh my God Tootsie's here yeah...”