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You can't rely on the acting to tell the story.
David Mamet
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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David Alen Mamet
David Alan Mamet
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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
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I don't have any experience with film schools. I suspect that they're useless, because I've had experience with drama schools, and have found them to be useless.
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I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.
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