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...”

“Tootsie, Sydney Pollack. I had the great pleasure of working for Sydney Pollack in the last year of his life. A legendary filmmaker with legendary… just a record of brilliant films. And also just a really good man, so RIP Sydney, RIP Teri Garr. Yeah, Tootsie.”

“This is Tootsie. This is, I think, and I'm not the only person to say this, a perfect comedy. Deeply funny, very, very heartbreaking, incredible performances up and down the line. Bill Murray, Teri Garr, obviously Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, young Geena Davis is in this. You've probably seen this, but it's really good.”

“I wasn’t planning on picking this one, but I’m just going to choose the movies I really love and Tootsie, motherfucking Tootsie. It doesn’t get better. Has music ever contributed as much to a movie? It would be great without the music, but that score—I still listen to it. I listen to… there’s a song on the soundtrack which is, like, ♪ Go, Tootsie, go ♪ and she’s marching through the streets of Manhattan. It’s this very ’80s shot of Dustin Hoffman in drag marching.”