Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all 'pictures of people talking' - as, indeed, most of them are.
David MametIt is the writerโs job to make the play interesting. It is the actorโs job to make the performance truthful.
David MametThe first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both.
David MametOne person may need (or want) more leisure, another more work; one more adventure, another more security, and so on. It is this diversity that makes a country, indeed a state, a city, a church, or a family, healthy. 'One-size-fits-all,' and that size determined by the State has a name, and that name is 'slavery.'
David Mamet