One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films. — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. But that's part of the pleasure of doing it, pushing yourself in… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly. — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer,… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all. — Sam Mendes Copy Share
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… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
The importance of rehearsal is maybe you want to talk about how the scene's going to be designed, how it's going to be staged,… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
I've directed bits of action and so I know that it's long and it's very detailed. Editing action is a good deal more exciting… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
Now Im back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. — Sam Mendes Copy Share
All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate.… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
Children make you confront your own childhood. Which I think is common. Suddenly you're remembering your own parents as parents, not to mention the… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces. — Sam Mendes Copy Share
Politicizing of kids starts with pregnancy, of course. You shouldn't be drinking wine. You can't be smoking, either. The poor woman is poked and… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their… — Sam Mendes Copy Share
