David Mamet Quotes
You are a shithead, Williamson. If you can't think on your feet you oughta keep your mouth shut.
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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If my books appear to a reader to be oversimplified, then you shouldn't read them: You're not the audience!
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It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself.
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I think any artist that's going to become anything in this world faces humility: with great humility comes great success.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'
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It is a great honor for me to be able to express my sincere gratitude to the Nobel Foundation.
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Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
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Some felt as if 'Charlie Hebdo' was obsessed with its 'Screw Allah' stance. It's a sort of provocation that caused a lot of debates.
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Off camera, I am not so quiet, I have a fun time, relaxed.
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On 'Game of Thrones', the people that I've met, of the people behind the scenes, was not even a scratch of the vast crew that actually does work on that show.
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We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
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I feel better all day if I start off by eating healthy. Breakfast is simple: multigrain toast with natural peanut butter, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit, or healthy cereal.
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The Koran and the laws of all civilized nations legislate against the vilification of religions.
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Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.
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'The media challenged me. `You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe the Judeo-Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'' 4
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Speech at the Nobel Banquet (10 December 1979).
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They could never put me in a slot. They couldn't say Glen was 'country,' 'pop' or 'rock.' I'm crock, OK? A cross between country and rock. Call me crock.
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Different things made 'Cheers' and 'Frasier' special. Both of them, though, were honest. It was the old Shakespeare thing: Hold the mirror up to life.
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If I never showed my face, it would kind of be easier.
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I heard that pictures don't change Just the people inside of 'em do Whoever told you that life would be easy I promise that person was lyin' to you
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Some people do better on their own. I don't.
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You are a shithead, Williamson. If you can't think on your feet you oughta keep your mouth shut.
