Sam Mendes quotes

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie. (Sam Mendes)
You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all. View quote
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I don't think good and evil are polarized. View quote
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Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality. View quote
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I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it. View quote
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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie. View quote
Sam Mendes
The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. View quote
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You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't. View quote
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I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself. View quote
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Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other. View quote
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You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images. (Sam Mendes)
It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character. View quote
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You think about taking audiences on a journey. View quote
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through. View quote
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One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this. View quote
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All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain. View quote
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films. View quote
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I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies. View quote
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The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day. View quote
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything. View quote
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I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly. (Sam Mendes)
I like throwing snowballs at small children. View quote
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I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different. View quote
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This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom. View quote
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The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts. View quote
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