Writer First Time director Fact I still can't quite believe it. Although there was something about the fact that it was a first-time writer, a first-time producer, and a first-time director all at the same time. - Sam Mendes
Freedom Right Years Now Time 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. - Sam Mendes
Challenge Film I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself. - Sam Mendes
Talent Will People 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. - Sam Mendes
Words Movies The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words. - Sam Mendes
Want When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white. - Sam Mendes
I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager. - Sylvester Stallone
I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin. - John Irving
As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. - Augusten Burroughs
The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter. - Isadora Duncan