Sam Mendes

Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#big movie #down #fun #game #give

Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#enjoy #home #i #just #living

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

— Sam Mendes

#i #lifetime #making #movie #only

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 audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#actually #already #audience #feel #film

Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#increments #little #little pieces #meticulous #pieces

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

— Sam Mendes

#before #characters #goes #lifestyle #movie

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#me #more #movies #pictures #stories

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#black-and-white #day #go #great #i

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 be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#climbing #doing #doubt #enjoying #first

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#characters #communicate #great #movie #relationships