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.

Sam Mendes

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

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I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a... by Sam Mendes

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

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

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

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Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny l... by Sam Mendes

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

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You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just... by Sam Mendes

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

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I like throwing snowballs at small children. by Sam Mendes

I like throwing snowballs at small children.

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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through a... by Sam Mendes

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

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality.

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The moment you have kids, you are prey to judgment, but you also become a judge. You find yourself going, "Can you believe what she did with such-and-such?" at school.

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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.

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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they... by Sam Mendes

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

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

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

Children make you confront your own childhood. Which I think is common. Suddenly you're remembering your own parents as parents, not to mention the fact that you're confronted by them as grandparents. So you also have that terrible shock, a mirror image of your own. You suddenly seem to be so helpless in the face of young children. And you think, "How did you ever bring up me?"

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Those of you who have some knowledge of the Bond franchise and the legend of Bond will probably have some idea of what that refers to, but I couldn't possibly comment.

There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.

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