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David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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The secret knowledge is there's nobody home but us chickens. The Constitution was written by a bunch of regular guys who tried to get together and thrash out a contract under which they could get together that would keep people together.
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As you all know first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.
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We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?
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The great movie can be as free of being a record of the progress of the protagonist as is a dream.
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When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish
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My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.
David Mamet
All of us. All of us. We're doomed.
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If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all going to be back in the breadline.
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A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team.
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Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others.
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You don't know what life is. You know nothing.
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When you come into the theatre, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this world.' If you're not willing to say that, what you get is entertainment instead of art, and poor entertainment at that.
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Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it isn't fun. It's entertainment.
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Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else.
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Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting f***ed.
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I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly.
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A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
David Mamet
There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British.
David Mamet
I'm greedy and ambitious like everybody else.
David Mamet
My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.
David Mamet
