Great Live Quotes by Sam Mendes

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Sam Mendes has 47 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion…
• It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene…
• I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor…
• Now Im back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
• The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame,…
• 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…
• Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.
• Learn to say, “I don’t know the answer.” It could be the beginning of a very good day’s rehearsal.
• Confidence is essential, but ego is not.
• 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…
• Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.
• The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.

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