Sam Mendes Quotes
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I wrote in the cellar for a number of years. I needed a private space, and it had a furnace, so it was always warm.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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Norma Bates is insanely crazy, but you can't help but love her.
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The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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Publishers vet books, and they do a good job keeping out the low quality. But they also miss some good quality.
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'
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I've been to Chicago a lot - it's one of my favorite places. My wife is from Chicago, and I worked in the theater there a lot.
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I write a chapter, then edit it and edit it and edit it and edit it. I don't think we mine creativity from within. It's bestowed from on high, from God.
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People are usually so disappointed with book-to-movie translations.
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Winning and losing isn't what's important. The attempt at success and getting to your best self is what matters.
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For me, certain shots or scenes are keys in the movie.
