Encounter: Doubt, Shame, Humiliation. It will finally be worth it. Acting is more about courage than anything else.
David MametThe subject of drama is The Lie. At the end of the drama THE TRUTH -- which has been overlooked, disregarded, scorned, and denied -- prevails. And that is how we know the Drama is done.
David MametThe product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.
David MametThe first amendment ensures not that speech will be fair, but that it will be free. It cannot be both.
David Mamet