I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies. – Sam Mendes
You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didnt cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasnt loads of pressure on me. – 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