Sam Mendes

You think about taking audiences on a journey.

When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

That whole lifestyle - make a record, do a tour: I know how to do that. It doesn't interest me.