"Because I'm a filmmaker at heart, I know a villain can't be too humanized and the audience can't empathize with him too much."

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I suppose once in a while, a filmmaker makes a movie that's more than just a sum of its parts, more than good acting or good filmmaking. It's something else that has nothing to do with what you've done. This is in 1999, made by people in 1999 for people in 1999 about people in 1999.

— Sam Mendes