All David Mamet Quotes
- Get into the scene late; get out of the scene early. Early
- Any time two characters are talking about a third, the scene is a crock of s***. Any
- Train yourself for a profession that does not exist. Doe
- Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you've got something… Better
- If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all… Actors
- We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life. Corresponds
- 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… All
- Marijuana, for example, won't help one determine the correct aspect ratio... Aspect
- No one enjoys being equal. Enjoy
- Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge. Bear
- The subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied --… Been
- 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… Business
- Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could… Anyone
- Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags. Inspirational
- Consider: for all the gobbledegook [film studio] executives spout about backstory, all that we, the audience, want to know is what happens next. That's the… Action
- As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something. Audience
- Every fear hides a wish. Every Fear
- It is to a dramatist, which is to say, to an unfrocked psychoanalyst, stunning that that which has sustained the Left in my generation, its… Abortion
- Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah. Bar
- Film is a collaborative business: bend over. Bend
- I love Superman. I'm a big fan of anyone who can make his living in his underwear. Anyone
- The pursuit of Fashion is the attempt of the middle class to co-opt tragedy. In adopting the clothing, speech, and personal habits of those in… Adopting
- We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of course, it is. It is not a Protective Monastery of… Aesthetic
- The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last… Aid
- I hate vacations. There's nothing to do. Hate