David Mamet

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No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's the thing. You work with great actors. If you know what you're doing, what you get on opening night in the theater is the cast and the script. That's it. Oh, right. The direction, the staging through, nobody fucking cares. So when you work with actors who know what they're doing, you say, okay, how do we rehearse the movie except for blocking?

No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's the thing. You work with great actors. If you know what you're doing, what you get on opening night in the theater is the cast and the script. That's it. Oh, right. The direction, the staging through, nobody fucking cares. So when you work with actors who know what they're doing, you say, okay, how do we rehearse the movie except for blocking?

No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Here's the thing. You work with great actors. If you know what you're doing, what you get on opening night in the theater is the cast and the script. That's it. Oh, right. The direction, the staging through, nobody fucking cares. So when you work with actors who know what they're doing, you say, okay, how do we rehearse the movie except for blocking?

I've never rehearsed a movie.

I've never rehearsed a movie.

I've never rehearsed a movie.

Right? You work and say, you know what you're doing? You got any questions? Let's play the stupid fucking scene. Right? That's all that there is.

Right? You work and say, you know what you're doing? You got any questions? Let's play the stupid fucking scene. Right? That's all that there is.

Right? You work and say, you know what you're doing? You got any questions? Let's play the stupid fucking scene. Right? That's all that there is.

No, no. I had a big fight with De Niro, though.

No, no. I had a big fight with De Niro, though.

No, no. I had a big fight with De Niro, though.

Well, it was just over the phone. He was doing the Untouchables, right? Yeah. And I went to the Untouchables and he calls me up. He says, I got some questions about the script. He's shooting. I said, well, hold on. Aren't you supposed to ask the director about the question? No, no, the director, Brian De Palma, said talk to you. He said talk to you. I said, you have questions about the script?

Well, it was just over the phone. He was doing the Untouchables, right? Yeah. And I went to the Untouchables and he calls me up. He says, I got some questions about the script. He's shooting. I said, well, hold on. Aren't you supposed to ask the director about the question? No, no, the director, Brian De Palma, said talk to you. He said talk to you. I said, you have questions about the script?

Well, it was just over the phone. He was doing the Untouchables, right? Yeah. And I went to the Untouchables and he calls me up. He says, I got some questions about the script. He's shooting. I said, well, hold on. Aren't you supposed to ask the director about the question? No, no, the director, Brian De Palma, said talk to you. He said talk to you. I said, you have questions about the script?

I said, yeah. I said, did you read the script before you took the part? Yeah. He says, yeah. I said, why'd the script got worse? Because they're paying you two million bucks for a week's work. Slam. So we didn't talk for years and years and years. And then I ran into him. He did like four or five movies that I wrote, De Niro. And he said, you know, blah, blah, blah. He said...

I said, yeah. I said, did you read the script before you took the part? Yeah. He says, yeah. I said, why'd the script got worse? Because they're paying you two million bucks for a week's work. Slam. So we didn't talk for years and years and years. And then I ran into him. He did like four or five movies that I wrote, De Niro. And he said, you know, blah, blah, blah. He said...