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Sam Mendes quotes: When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.

When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.

Sam Mendes quotes: Every Bond is different and every generation needs a different Bond and it's been able to move with the times.

Every Bond is different and every generation needs a different Bond and it's been able to move with the times.

Sam Mendes quotes: You think about taking audiences on a journey.

You think about taking audiences on a journey.

Sam Mendes quotes: I like throwing snowballs at small children.

I like throwing snowballs at small children.

Sam Mendes quotes: You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

Sam Mendes quotes: One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.

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

Sam Mendes quotes: Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

Sam Mendes quotes: I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.

I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.

Sam Mendes quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Sam Mendes quotes: I'm certainly getting a lot more mail ... that's basically it.

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

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

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

Sam Mendes quotes: Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

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

Sam Mendes quotes: For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.

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

Sam Mendes quotes: Learn to say, "I don't know the answer." It could be the beginning of a very good day's rehearsal.

Learn to say, "I don't know the answer." It could be the beginning of a very good day's rehearsal.

Sam Mendes quotes: I want to inspire, and be inspired.

I want to inspire, and be inspired.

Sam Mendes quotes: Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

Sam Mendes quotes: I've made movies that cost less than one car chase.

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

Sam Mendes quotes: I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.

I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.

Sam Mendes quotes: If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.

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

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

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

Sam Mendes quotes: 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.

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.

Sam Mendes quotes: Kevin and Annette ... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

Kevin and Annette ... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

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

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

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

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

Sam Mendes quotes: I don't think good and evil are polarized.

I don't think good and evil are polarized.

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

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