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The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. – Sam Mendes

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I wanted to keep exploring… Im 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

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I think movies are a directors medium in the end. Theater is the actors medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance. – Sam Mendes

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Im a person who likes these sort of movies… sad but moving art movies that normally are at a festival and then they go to a small art house theater and disappear. – Zach Braff

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I hate movies that tell people what to think. Im proud that Democrats thought Thank You For Smoking was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. Im proud that pro-choice people thought Juno was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs. – Jason Reitman

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In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but its not a conversation, its a monologue. Its always from one point of view. If we dont tell our own stories, no one will tell them is my mantra. – Mira Nair

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Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and Ive done that since the beginning. So thats not new but the forms of it are different such as with the internet. – David Cronenberg

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