David Mamet Quotes - Page 10

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• I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

  David Mamet

  Guy, Gags, Asks

  "David Mamet’s Election Season". Interview with Boris Kachka, nymag.com. January 10, 2008.

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• In a restaurant one is both observed and unobserved. Joy and sorrow can be displayed and observed "unwittingly," the writer scowling naively and the diners wondering, What the hell is he doing?

  David Mamet

  Joy, Sorrow, Diners

  David Mamet (1986). “Writing in restaurants”, Viking Adult

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• Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession.

  David Mamet

  Self Confidence, Years, Skills

  David Mamet (2011). “True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor”, p.103, Vintage

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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.

  David Mamet

  Dream, Progress, Records

  David Mamet (1991). “On directing film”, Viking Pr

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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.

  David Mamet

  Home, People, Guy

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I've been training in Jiu-jitsu for about six years and I'm very fortunate to live in that world. All the fighters hang out and have lunch together just about every day and trade stories. And I've always been fascinated how in the world of Jiu-jitsu in L.A. everybody in the fight world - cops, special forces, bouncers, stuntmen - connected across different lines.

  David Mamet

  Fighting, Years, Lunch

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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