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Actor Quotes by Sam Mendes
- I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor is different. And…
- 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…
- Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.
- I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.
- 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 believe…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
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