It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Now Im back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces. — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
