Sam Mendes Quotes About Film

Quotes about: Film

• 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

  Challenges, Stories, Way

• 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

  Thinking, People, Actors

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

  Sam Mendes

  Want, Film, Lifetime

• 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

  Style, Bags, Use

• 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

  Beautiful, Character, Cutting

  "A Private, Interior Film". Interview with Stephen Short, www.cnn.com.

• 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 on the film set, you have to be next to them all.

  Sam Mendes

  Teacher, Class, Directors

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