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

~Sam Mendes

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I don't think good and evil are polarized.

~Sam Mendes

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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

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You think about taking audiences on a journey.

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It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.

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I want to inspire, and be inspired.

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One of the reasons I loved working with Tom is people feel they know who he is... I think working with an actor who the audience already has a relationship with actually helps you in a film like this.

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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.

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

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Director

Born: August 1st, 1965

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