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Film Quotes by David Mamet
- 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…
- Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.
- Film is a collaborative business: bend over.
- A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.
- Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.
- Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?
More Film Quotes
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- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book,… — Paul Auster
- I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments. — Dan Aykroyd
- I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different… — Amy Adams
- I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which… — Amy Adams
- I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or… — Amy Adams