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> [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 pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/there-s-good-and-bad-in-everybody-i-wasn-t-looking-for-the-good-or/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

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## More by Sam Mendes

> [You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/you-freeze-with-the-number-of-opportunities-given-to-you-and-just/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/you-ve-got-to-work-you-ve-got-to-want-an-audience-to-sit-forward-in/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/i-think-movies-are-a-director-s-medium-in-the-end-theater-is-the/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/the-importance-of-rehearsal-is-maybe-you-want-to-talk-about-how-the/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/i-ve-directed-bits-of-action-and-so-i-know-that-it-s-long-and-it-s/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/i-m-certainly-getting-a-lot-more-mail-that-s-basically-it/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [Now Im back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/now-im-back-home-living-in-london-running-my-theater-i-just-want-to/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/all-i-know-is-that-i-operate-by-going-out-to-each-of-them-and-trying/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/i-ve-made-movies-that-cost-less-than-one-car-chase/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/there-s-good-and-bad-in-everybody-i-wasn-t-looking-for-the-good-or/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/children-make-you-confront-your-own-childhood-which-i-think-is-common/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/shooting-action-is-very-very-meticulous-it-s-increments-tiny-little/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/politicizing-of-kids-starts-with-pregnancy-of-course-you-shouldn-t-be/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/actors-get-pigeonholed-very-quickly-particularly-movie-actors-in-the/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

> [You think about taking audiences on a journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-mendes/you-think-about-taking-audiences-on-a-journey/)

[Sam Mendes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-mendes/)

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