Sam Mendes

I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.

There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work.

Learn to say, “I don’t know the answer.” It could be the beginning of a very good day’s rehearsal.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.