Sam Mendes Quotations

In terms of being an outsider in America and having a certain type of objectivity to a degree, there were a few times I thought to myself: What on earth am I doing here? I'm a Brit making a movie so firmly set in the States!

I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time.

Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.

If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.

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.

I like throwing snowballs at small children.

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

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.

Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

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