There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British. David Mamet antisemitismbritishineradicable Change image and share on social
A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. David Mamet acceptanceconservativegay Change image and share on social
I didn't knowingly meet a conservative until, to my shame, I was 60 years old and sat down and said, 'Wow, I don't understand what this guy's talking about, but he has a great civility about him. Perhaps I better investigate this thing.' David Mamet civilityconservativegreat share on social
I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word. David Mamet growgunkind Change image and share on social
My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director. David Mamet actorcorrectdirector share on social
My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.' David Mamet businesschicagocome share on social
Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu. David Mamet cleancombatcornish Change image and share on social
I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. David Mamet gagguypolitic Change image and share on social
