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You know, young actors say all...

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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I understand that computers, w...

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.

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In practice we, in the world, ...

In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.

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Old age and treachery will alw...

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

David Mamet 255 quotes

It is not the constitutional p...

It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.

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The government, for example, h...

The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law.

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The Founders recognized that G...

The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.

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If, indeed, a firearm were mor...

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.

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There's nothing in the world m...

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.

David Mamet 255 quotes

When the three branches of gov...

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 the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Having spent too many years in...

Having spent too many years in show business, the one thing I see that succeeds is persistence. It's the person who just ain't gonna go home. I decided early on that I wasn't going to go home. This is what I'll be doing until they put me in jail or in a coffin.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Cultivate a love of skill. Lea...

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.

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Characters on stage, like peop...

Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as 'real life,' do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not speak to conceal themselves. They speak to get whatever it is that they want. It is the only reason they speak.

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'Based on a true story' is a...

'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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Art is about the spontaneous c...

Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could do it, but anyone cannot. Only few can, and they are called.

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As long as the protagonist wan...

As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something.

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The audience perceives only wh...

The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor.

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The job of the artist, is to s...

The job of the artist, is to say, wait a second, everything that we have thought is wrong. Let's re-examine it.

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Every fear hides a wish....

Every fear hides a wish.

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Opportunity may knock, but it ...

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

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