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What we're trying to do is find two or more shots the juxtaposition of which will give us the idea.
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David Mamet
Age: 76
Born: 1947
Born: November 30
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Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.
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The most charming of theories holds that someone other than Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's plays -- that he was of too low a state, and of insufficient education. But where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated?
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The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.
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For it is written that just as it is forbidden to partake of the forbidden, it is forbidden not to partake of the permitted.
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I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.
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You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'
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My alma mater is the Chicago Public Library.
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The subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied -- prevails. And that is how we know the Drama is done.
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Welcome to Chicago. This town stinks like a whorehouse at low tide.
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Invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school.
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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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If you find that a point cannot be made without narration, it is virtually certain that the point is unimportant to the story (which is to say, to the audience).
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One person may need (or want) more leisure, another more work one more adventure, another more security, and so on. It is this diversity that makes a country, indeed a state, a city, a church, or a family, healthy. 'One-size-fits-all,' and that size determined by the State has a name, and that name is 'slavery.'
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It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.
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Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character said it or whether or not she moved to the couch isn't going to aid the case.
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You can't rely on the acting to tell the story.
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Based on a true story is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of no loan request refused. For, at best, the creator has fashioned a film based on his understanding of, interpretation of, and reduction of the report of an actual occurrence.
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