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Said Quotes by David Mamet
- Don't write stage directions. If it is not apparent what the character is trying to accomplish by saying the line, tell us how the character…
- You know, I once read an interesting book which said that, uh, most people lost in the wilds, they, they die of shame. Yeah, see,…
- At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere, backstage, you will…
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