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.
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. My language to each of them has to suit their brain.
Sam Mendes
As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.
Sam Mendes
For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
Sam Mendes
I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself.
Sam Mendes
I don't think good and evil are polarized.
Sam Mendes
I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.
Sam Mendes
I like throwing snowballs at small children.
Sam Mendes
I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time.
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 believe in great live performance.
Sam Mendes
I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.
Sam Mendes
I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.
Sam Mendes
I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.
Sam Mendes
I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.
Sam Mendes
If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
Sam Mendes
It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.
Sam Mendes
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 to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.
Sam Mendes
Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.
Sam Mendes
Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
Sam Mendes
One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
Sam Mendes
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