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The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor. (David Mamet)
I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear. View quote
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Conservatives believe in smaller government and in the power of the electorate. So I think that we're less likely to try to use a dramatic forum to warp people's political views. View quote
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The avant-garde is to the left what jingoism is to the right. Both are a refuge in nonsense. View quote
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When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish. View quote
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The honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to practice it elsewhere is just too damned expensive. View quote
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You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about movements of people. 'What is criminality and what is government' is a theme that runs through every history. View quote
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I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. View quote
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Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed. View quote
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If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions. View quote
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There's something in me that just wants to create dialogue. (David Mamet)
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. View quote
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My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.' View quote
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Storytelling is like sex. We all do it naturally. Some of us are better at it than others. View quote
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Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? View quote
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The mind is a mill which can incessant turn, 'til its mere operation focus the stress inward and the stones grind themselves to dust. View quote
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I like Bach. I like Randy Newman. View quote
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I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.' View quote
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The correct unit of study is not the play; it is the scene. View quote
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I understand that computers, which I once believed to be but a hermaphrodite typewriter-cum-filing cabinet, offer the cyber literate increased ability to communicate. I do not think this is altogether a bad thing, however it may appear on the surface. View quote
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The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all. (David Mamet)
Art and mass entertainment and propaganda, they can all be plotted on the same graph, but there is a difference. View quote
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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. View quote
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In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously. View quote
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The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same). View quote
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David Mamet

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Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0
Occupation: American Playwright
Born: November 30, 1947
Quotes count: 168
Wikipedia: David Mamet

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