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
I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies. – Sam Mendes
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
The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore – which is a great shame, but Id love to make a black-and-white movie one day. – Sam Mendes
If you go to Sundance, the experience that Ive had there as a viewer is… theres like a hundred movies there, and youve got to figure out what movies are sold out, what can you see. Sometimes you go to see movies that you dont know anything about because it just works into your schedule. – Tim Heidecker