I'm afraid of only two things: being lazy and being cowardly. David Mamet More Quotes by David Mamet More Quotes From David Mamet The images in a dream are vastly varied and magnificently interesting. David Mamet dream interesting 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. David Mamet government believe thinking I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there. David Mamet pauses I've been alienating my public since I was 20 years old. When 'American Buffalo' came out on Broadway, people would storm out and say, 'How dare he use that kind of language!' Of course I'm alienating the public! That's what they pay me for. David Mamet storm people years 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 what-if people way "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. David Mamet film understanding stories The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all. David Mamet peace-within borders Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama in modern life, there is only dramatization, that there is no tragedy, there is only unexplained misfortune, debases us. It denies what we know to be true. In denying what we know, we are as a nation which cannot remember its dreams--like an unhappy person who cannot remember his dreams and so denies that he does dream, and denies that there are such things as dreams. David Mamet unhappy-person dream drama It's only words... unless they're true. David Mamet insane humorous profound It’s not a lie. It’s a gift for fiction. David Mamet lying fiction Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction to the protagonist. David Mamet independent plot drama I'm responding to the will of the people. David Mamet responding crime people Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status. David Mamet groups police citizens Fun is what you do for yourself. If somebody else does it, it's entertainment. David Mamet entertainment doe fun 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. David Mamet cadillacs knives firsts Anyone can write five people trapped in a snowstorm. The question is how you get them into the snowstorm. It's hard to write a good play because it's hard to structure a plot. If you can think of it off the top of your head, so can the audience. To think of a plot that is, as Aristotle says, surprising and yet inevitable, is a lot, lot, lot of work. David Mamet play writing thinking Almost all movie scripts contain material that cannot be filmed. David Mamet materials scripts 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 skills years Obama is a tyrant the same way FDR was a tyrant. He has a view of presidential power that states: the government is in control of the country, and the president is in charge of the government. He's taken an imperial view of the presidency. David Mamet government taken country I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you. David Mamet phrases space may
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