David Mamet
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No, the business is over. You know that. Oh, but it's more that the business is over. Well, no, no. A, the business is over. B, I'm real old. And C, I'm working a lot. I'm just, you know, I'm not working as I was working before. 40 years ago in the last decade of the studio system. That's all gone. Right. But I'm making movies, I'm doing plays, I'm writing books.
Sure. Why not? Why not? I mean, the worst thing in the world for me was having to sit in a room... With a bunch of idiots, right, who knew nothing about movie making and explained to them what the script meant, right? And so through logic, you know, I didn't do it. I said, you know, make the movie or play me or trade me.
Sure. Why not? Why not? I mean, the worst thing in the world for me was having to sit in a room... With a bunch of idiots, right, who knew nothing about movie making and explained to them what the script meant, right? And so through logic, you know, I didn't do it. I said, you know, make the movie or play me or trade me.
Sure. Why not? Why not? I mean, the worst thing in the world for me was having to sit in a room... With a bunch of idiots, right, who knew nothing about movie making and explained to them what the script meant, right? And so through logic, you know, I didn't do it. I said, you know, make the movie or play me or trade me.
But the only worst thing that I was to sit in a room with a bunch of idiots who don't know what the script meant and have no idea who I am. It's like Joe Mankiewicz. He came in when he was an old guy, and the studio executive said, what have you done? And Mankiewicz said, you first.
But the only worst thing that I was to sit in a room with a bunch of idiots who don't know what the script meant and have no idea who I am. It's like Joe Mankiewicz. He came in when he was an old guy, and the studio executive said, what have you done? And Mankiewicz said, you first.
But the only worst thing that I was to sit in a room with a bunch of idiots who don't know what the script meant and have no idea who I am. It's like Joe Mankiewicz. He came in when he was an old guy, and the studio executive said, what have you done? And Mankiewicz said, you first.
Well, I got this movie, Henry Johnson, and I got that book. But you wrote that. Yeah.
Well, I got this movie, Henry Johnson, and I got that book. But you wrote that. Yeah.
Well, I got this movie, Henry Johnson, and I got that book. But you wrote that. Yeah.
Well, I'm working on the Confidence movie, and I think I got somebody who's going to make it. And we got some really interesting people involved in that. And I got a couple of the little books coming out that... Over the years, especially during COVID, I did so much stuff that now it's all jammed up. And I made a huge mistake many decades ago.
Well, I'm working on the Confidence movie, and I think I got somebody who's going to make it. And we got some really interesting people involved in that. And I got a couple of the little books coming out that... Over the years, especially during COVID, I did so much stuff that now it's all jammed up. And I made a huge mistake many decades ago.
Well, I'm working on the Confidence movie, and I think I got somebody who's going to make it. And we got some really interesting people involved in that. And I got a couple of the little books coming out that... Over the years, especially during COVID, I did so much stuff that now it's all jammed up. And I made a huge mistake many decades ago.
I realized that because I like to write a lot that I needed to create other identities and names. And I should have done it, but I never did. You mean like...
I realized that because I like to write a lot that I needed to create other identities and names. And I should have done it, but I never did. You mean like...
I realized that because I like to write a lot that I needed to create other identities and names. And I should have done it, but I never did. You mean like...
Oh, I don't know. They seem to like my work a lot in Italy, and I got a lot of supporters. In fact, that Henry Johnson movie premiered at the Tarmina Film Festival. That was a world premiere. Other than that. I've always been very interested in education, and I wrote this novel that's coming out soon called Some Recollections of St.