The 53+ Sam Mendes Quotes

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.

As A First-time Director In America, I Feel I've Been Very Fortunate.

I Want To Try And Work In Different Genres With Different Types Of Actors, On Small Movies And Big Movies.

One Movie Is Only One Movie. I Want To Have A Lifetime Of Making Films.

I've Made Movies That Cost Less Than One Car Chase.

Now Im Back Home, Living In London, Running My Theater. I Just Want To Enjoy All That.

You're In The Lap Of The Gods. If People Go, They Go, And If They Don't.

Every Bond Is Different And Every Generation Needs A Different Bond And It's Been Able To Move With The Times.

I've Made Movies That Cost Less Than One Car Chase. But That's Part Of The Pleasure Of Doing It, Pushing Yourself In New Directions.

The Moment You Have Kids, You Are Prey To Judgment, But You Also Become A Judge. You Find Yourself Going, "can You Believe What She Did With Such-and-such?" At School.

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.

Children Make You Confront Your Own Childhood. Which I Think Is Common. Suddenly You're Remembering Your Own Parents As Parents, Not To Mention The Fact That You're Confronted By Them As Grandparents. So You Also Have That Terrible Shock, A Mirror Image Of Your Own. You Suddenly Seem To Be So Helpless In The Face Of Young Children. And You Think, "how Did You Ever Bring Up Me?"