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Sam Mendes
August 1, 1965 -
Nationality: British
Category: Director
Subcategory: British Director

As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.

   

I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.

   

You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.

   

I think with Blair Witch and The Sixth Sense, people are much more open to something that is different.

   

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.

   

It's a risk casting anyone against type or what they're known to do. But there's one thing better than having a great actor, which is having a great actor who's never done what you're asking him to do. He's hungry to get out of the trailer every day and hungry to test himself.

   

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

   

There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work.

   

You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.

   

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

   

Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.

   

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.

   

I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.

   

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.

   

The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.

   

It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.

   

For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.

   

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

   

You think about taking audiences on a journey.

   

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.

   

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