Cultivate a love of skill. Learn theatrical skills. They will give you continual pleasure, self-confidence, and link you to fifty thousand years of the history of our profession.
David MametThe study of acting consists in the main of getting out of oneโs own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable being uncomfortable.
David MametThere's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.
David MametTo find beauty in the sad, hope in the midst of loss, and dignity in failure is great poetic art.
David Mamet