Sam Mendes Quotes

All of those guys are there because of what they learned from movies... Their knowledge of Vietnam was not from Vietnam, but from 'Apocalypse Now' and 'Full Metal Jacket.' And they pick out what they want to jazz them up, but the truth is these were all passionately anti-war movies.

- Sam Mendes

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The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day. - Sam Mendes

You do things bit by bit. That's the only way to play something really original, where the details stand out. You're not just showing us a cliched, generic character that you've seen before. - Sam Mendes

All I know is that I operate by going out to each of them and trying to learn the territory in which they operate. My language to each of them has to suit their brain. - Sam Mendes