David Mamet

Really? Yeah. Wow. But I actually got, yeah, when I was a kid, I got in fights, but the only fight I actually got into, you know, outside of the mat and boxing, is I was walking down Fifth Avenue, and these guys were playing three-card Monty. And so, as my great friend Ricky Jay, the great magician, said, three-card Monty's not a game of... Skill, it's not a game of chance, it's not a game.

Really? Yeah. Wow. But I actually got, yeah, when I was a kid, I got in fights, but the only fight I actually got into, you know, outside of the mat and boxing, is I was walking down Fifth Avenue, and these guys were playing three-card Monty. And so, as my great friend Ricky Jay, the great magician, said, three-card Monty's not a game of... Skill, it's not a game of chance, it's not a game.

So the guy says, okay, put your money down, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The red you get ahead, the black you get back. 20 gets you 40, 40 gets you 80, 80 gets you, little lady. Where's the red card, where's the red card? He does this thing, right? And so he says, oops, we'll take, that's not the red card, that's gone. Where's the red card? So I know where the red card is.

So the guy says, okay, put your money down, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The red you get ahead, the black you get back. 20 gets you 40, 40 gets you 80, 80 gets you, little lady. Where's the red card, where's the red card? He does this thing, right? And so he says, oops, we'll take, that's not the red card, that's gone. Where's the red card? So I know where the red card is.

So the guy says, okay, put your money down, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. The red you get ahead, the black you get back. 20 gets you 40, 40 gets you 80, 80 gets you, little lady. Where's the red card, where's the red card? He does this thing, right? And so he says, oops, we'll take, that's not the red card, that's gone. Where's the red card? So I know where the red card is.

It's where you're not supposed to look. So I take it and I go over there and I turn the card over, which you're not supposed to do because they never let you win in three-card Monty because if you say, I want that card, oh, he upsets it and you have to start again. So I turn the card over and the guy punched me in the fucking face.

It's where you're not supposed to look. So I take it and I go over there and I turn the card over, which you're not supposed to do because they never let you win in three-card Monty because if you say, I want that card, oh, he upsets it and you have to start again. So I turn the card over and the guy punched me in the fucking face.

It's where you're not supposed to look. So I take it and I go over there and I turn the card over, which you're not supposed to do because they never let you win in three-card Monty because if you say, I want that card, oh, he upsets it and you have to start again. So I turn the card over and the guy punched me in the fucking face.

Did it hurt? It's on Fifth Avenue. Oh, sure.

Did it hurt? It's on Fifth Avenue. Oh, sure.

Did it hurt? It's on Fifth Avenue. Oh, sure.

It was Fifth Avenue and right near Rockefeller Center.

It was Fifth Avenue and right near Rockefeller Center.

It was Fifth Avenue and right near Rockefeller Center.

No, I just, they disappeared.

No, I just, they disappeared.

No, I just, they disappeared.

I didn't know Kurosawa. I saw him once. He was at the premiere of Ran. You were at the premiere of Ran? Yes, in New York. Oh, my God. And he was there. Beautiful, big maze, like 6'4", I think. And he was there. He was that big? Yeah, he was a big man, yeah.

I didn't know Kurosawa. I saw him once. He was at the premiere of Ran. You were at the premiere of Ran? Yes, in New York. Oh, my God. And he was there. Beautiful, big maze, like 6'4", I think. And he was there. He was that big? Yeah, he was a big man, yeah.

I didn't know Kurosawa. I saw him once. He was at the premiere of Ran. You were at the premiere of Ran? Yes, in New York. Oh, my God. And he was there. Beautiful, big maze, like 6'4", I think. And he was there. He was that big? Yeah, he was a big man, yeah.