Stars Pay Tribute To Sydney Pollack 5/27/08

George Clooney has led the tributes his Michael Clayton co-star Sydney Pollack, branding the actor/director a "class act".

Pollack died aged 73 on Monday (26May08), after a nine-month battle with cancer at his home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. The Oscar-winning star recently directed and starred alongside Clooney in 2007's Michael Clayton.

Clooney says, "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better. A tip of the hat to a class act. He'll be missed terribly." And actress Sally Field - who starred in Pollack's 1981 movie Absence of Malice - has also paid tribute to the star.

She says, "Having the opportunity to know Sydney and work with him was a great gift in my life. He was a good friend and a phenomenal director and I will cherish every moment that I ever spent with him."

Pollack won two Academy Awards for the 1985 movie Out of Africa - Best Picture and Best Director.