We all die in the end, but there's no reason to die in the middle.
The audience requires not information but drama. - David Mamet
The audience requires not information but drama.
- David Mamet
You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?' - David Mamet
You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'
We all die in the end, but there's no reason to die in the middle. - David Mamet
Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due. - David Mamet
Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.
When you come into the theatre, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this … - David Mamet
When you come into the theatre, you have to be willing to say, 'We're all here to undergo a communion, to find out what the hell is going on in this …
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then th… - David Mamet
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then th…
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rec… - David Mamet
Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rec…
Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?" - David Mamet
Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"
The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not … - David Mamet
The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to that. It's not …
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