--- title: "26 Theatre Quotes By David Mamet" description: "26 Theatre quotes by David Mamet. Plus more from David Mamet and more Theatre sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/david-mamet-1178_actor_when-i-started-out-i-was-a-failed-actor_48715.jpg" --- > [When I started out I was a failed actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/when-i-started-out-i-was-a-failed-actor/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/david-mamet-1178_actor_when-i-started-out-i-was-a-failed-actor_48715.jpg) > [We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/we-respond-to-a-drama-to-that-extent-to-which-it-corresponds-to-our-2/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc2/david-mamet-1178_drama_we-respond-to-a-drama-to-that-extent-to_1914700.jpg) > [The audience requires not information but drama.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-audience-requires-not-information-but-drama/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/david-mamet-1178_audience_the-audience-requires-not-information-bu_544475.jpg) > [The audience perceives only what the actor wants to do to the other actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-audience-perceives-only-what-the-actor-wants-to-do-to-the-other/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/david-mamet-1178_actor_the-audience-perceives-only-what-the-act_409195.jpg) > [We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/we-respond-to-a-drama-to-that-extent-to-which-it-corresponds-to-our/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/david-mamet-1178_drama_we-respond-to-a-drama-to-that-extent-to_170607.jpg) > [Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/any-claim-to-actual-identification-as-a-drama-must-rest-upon-the/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bc/david-mamet-1178_affliction_any-claim-to-actual-identification-as-a_557957.jpg) > [They have a desire to put on plays and to fulfill that traditional role of a theater in a community: to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/they-have-a-desire-to-put-on-plays-and-to-fulfill-that-traditional/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71e/david-mamet-1178_people_they-have-a-desire-to-put-on-plays-and-t_1975946.jpg) > [It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/it-is-the-writer-s-job-to-make-the-play-interesting-it-is-the-actor-s/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72f/david-mamet-1178_actor_it-is-the-writer-s-job-to-make-the-play_2900794.jpg) > [IF YOU PRETEND THE CHARACTERS CANT SPEAK, AND WRITE A SILENT MOVIE, YOU WILL BE WRITING GREAT DRAMA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/if-you-pretend-the-characters-cant-speak-and-write-a-silent-movie-you/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a32/david-mamet-1178_cant_if-you-pretend-the-characters-cant-speak_1325321.jpg) > [Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/films-have-degenerated-to-their-original-operation-as-carnival/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/david-mamet-1178_adventure_films-have-degenerated-to-their-original_89032.jpg) > [Characters on stage, like people in what we refer to as "real life," do not speak to reveal themselves. They do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/characters-on-stage-like-people-in-what-we-refer-to-as-real-life-do/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c97/david-mamet-1178_character_characters-on-stage-like-people-in-what_1073977.jpg) > [A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/a-dramatic-experience-concerned-with-the-mundane-may-inform-but-it/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/037/david-mamet-1178_aesthetic_a-dramatic-experience-concerned-with-the_145262.jpg) > [The audience will teach you how to act and the audience will teach you how to write and to direct. The classroom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-audience-will-teach-you-how-to-act-and-the-audience-will-teach/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/david-mamet-1178_audience_the-audience-will-teach-you-how-to-act-a_969840.jpg) > [The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-main-question-in-drama-the-way-i-was-taught-is-always-what-does/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/david-mamet-1178_always_the-main-question-in-drama-the-way-i-was_2912334.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/i-don-t-have-any-experience-with-film-schools-i-suspect-that-they-re/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d57/david-mamet-1178_cinema_i-don-t-have-any-experience-with-film-sc_578348.jpg) > [The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-basis-of-drama-is-the-struggle-of-the-hero-towards-a-specific/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/david-mamet-1178_bases_the-basis-of-drama-is-the-struggle-of-th_816318.jpg) > [A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/a-stage-play-is-basically-a-form-of-uber-schizophrenia-you-split/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/david-mamet-1178_antagonist_a-stage-play-is-basically-a-form-of-uber_1402609.jpg) > [Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/don-t-write-stage-directions-if-it-is-not-apparent-what-the-character/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/david-mamet-1178_accomplish_don-t-write-stage-directions-if-it-is-no_2505146.jpg) > [“The basis of drama is ... is the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-basis-of-drama-is-is-the-struggle-of-the-hero-towards-a-specific/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/835/david-mamet-1178_drama_the-basis-of-drama-is-is-the-struggle-of_507901.jpg) > [At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/at-the-neighborhood-playhouse-school-of-theatre-sanford-meisner-said/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/david-mamet-1178_acting_at-the-neighborhood-playhouse-school-of_376612.jpg) > [Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/acting-is-not-a-genteel-profession-actors-used-to-be-buried-at-a/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/david-mamet-1178_acting_acting-is-not-a-genteel-profession-actor_1628894.jpg) > [“All drama is about lies. All drama is about something that’s hidden. A drama starts because a situation becomes imbalanced by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/all-drama-is-about-lies-all-drama-is-about-something-that-s-hidden-a/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/david-mamet-1178_aristotle_all-drama-is-about-lies-all-drama-is-abo_1084060.jpg) > [“For we rationalize, objectify, and personalize the process of the game exactly as we do that of a play, a drama. For,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/for-we-rationalize-objectify-and-personalize-the-process-of-the-game/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbc/david-mamet-1178_theatre_for-we-rationalize-objectify-and-persona_2049995.jpg) > [“When you come into the theater, you have to be willing to say, "We're all here to undergo a communion, to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/when-you-come-into-the-theater-you-have-to-be-willing-to-say-we-re/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/david-mamet-1178_art_when-you-come-into-the-theater-you-have_1104016.jpg) > [My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/my-tendency-as-an-actor-was-to-correct-people-was-to-say-what-if-we/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/david-mamet-1178_actor_my-tendency-as-an-actor-was-to-correct-p_3108348.jpg) > [If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/if-the-scene-bores-you-when-you-read-it-rest-assured-it-will-bore-the/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/david-mamet-1178_actors_if-the-scene-bores-you-when-you-read-it_1626473.jpg) ## Other authors on Theatre - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-spacey-56911.jpg) Kevin Spacey 49 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/kevin-spacey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ian-mckellen-42951.jpg) Ian Mckellen 48 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/ian-mckellen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-simon-mcburney-85491.jpg) Simon McBurney 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/simon-mcburney/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andy-serkis-13212.jpg) Andy Serkis 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/andy-serkis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michael-caine-66979.jpg) Michael Caine 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/michael-caine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-christopher-walken-24017.jpg) Christopher Walken 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/christopher-walken/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cate-blanchett-21582.jpg) Cate Blanchett 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/cate-blanchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-pacino-10179.jpg) Al Pacino 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/al-pacino/) - [Himani Shivpuri 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/himani-shivpuri/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-viola-davis-93837.jpg) Viola Davis 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/viola-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clint-eastwood-24620.jpg) Clint Eastwood 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/clint-eastwood/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-bryan-cranston-20155.jpg) Bryan Cranston 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/bryan-cranston/) ## More by David Mamet > [If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/if-indeed-a-firearm-were-more-dangerous-to-its-possessors-than-to/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [Culture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/culture-exists-and-evolves-to-relegate-to-habit-categories-of/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [When I started out I was a failed actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/when-i-started-out-i-was-a-failed-actor/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/we-must-have-a-pie-stress-cannot-exist-in-the-presence-of-a-pie/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [“We cannot live in peace without Law. And though law cannot be perfect, it may be just if it is written in ignorance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/we-cannot-live-in-peace-without-law-and-though-law-cannot-be-perfect/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/films-have-degenerated-to-their-original-operation-as-carnival/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-oscars-demonstrate-the-will-of-the-people-to-control-and-judge/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/i-know-very-well-what-it-is-to-be-out-of-work-and-to-be-cheated-by/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all 'pictures of people talking' - as, indeed, most of them are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/hitchcock-denigrated-american-films-saying-they-were-all-pictures-of/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [“Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's full of surprises, and you're constantly getting fucked.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/life-in-the-movie-business-is-like-the-beginning-of-a-new-love-affair/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [“How was her crumbcake? oh.. from the store... …”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/how-was-her-crumbcake-oh-from-the-store/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/a-dramatic-experience-concerned-with-the-mundane-may-inform-but-it/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/the-product-of-the-artist-has-become-less-important-than-the-fact-of/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/in-a-world-we-find-terrifying-we-ratify-that-which-doesn-t-threaten-us/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) > [“As a youth I enjoyed — indeed, like most of my contemporaries, revered — the agitprop plays of Brecht, and his indictments of Capitalism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/as-a-youth-i-enjoyed-indeed-like-most-of-my-contemporaries-revered/) [David Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mamet/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/david-mamet/#itemlist", "name": "26 Theatre Quotes By David Mamet", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": 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Ignore this man!'", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Mamet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mamet/at-the-neighborhood-playhouse-school-of-theatre-sanford-meisner-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/david-mamet-1178_acting_at-the-neighborhood-playhouse-school-of_376612.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/david-mamet-1178_acting_at-the-neighborhood-playhouse-school-of_376612.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13a/david-mamet-1178_acting_at-the-neighborhood-playhouse-school-of_376612.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional…” — David Mamet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Acting is not a genteel profession. 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