Sam Mendes Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.”

“The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.”

“You think about taking audiences on a journey.”

“You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.”

“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 to protect his family from it.”

“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 and skill will get them through.”

“As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.”

“For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.”

“I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.”

“I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.”