Sam Mendes Quotes
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.
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Life isn't perfect, of course, but we all know it's how you react to things that counts.
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I've made up little mantras for myself, catchphrases from a screenwriting book that doesn't exist. One is 'Write the movie you'd pay to go see.' Another is 'Never let a character tell me something that the camera can show me.'
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It's a fact that kids watch TV. But if you think back, when you watched cowboy movies, you would go out and play cowboys. TV and movies motivate people.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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If I'm elected president, let me tell you about my first day in office. The first thing I intend to do is to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by Barack Obama.
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I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.
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I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
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I don't know why directors sign on to these projects and completely rewrite everything.
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It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.
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It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.
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My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket,' but she let me explore and be creative.
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It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one.
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When I was 28, I made this film called 'Drinking Buddies' that I starred in and produced, and we improvised the entire thing, and it was a complete exercise in freedom of expression in making something for only the purpose of making it, not for recognition or money or anything else, and it's still my favorite thing I've ever done.
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If you play cricket for India, money is bound to come, and with IPL in and match money of the Ranjhi trophy, I think money is there. There's no good reason why you should not work hard, because at the end of the day, you want to play for your country.
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I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.
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The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest examination.
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Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
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My books are just pure escapism for kids.
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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.
