David Mamet
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Podcast Appearances
No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we did this thing as a play. We're doing it as a movie. And it's about a guy who is so compassionate that he ruins everything around him and everyone takes advantage of him. He ends up going to prison and he ends up getting his life changed by the boss con over there. And then some shit happens. Wow.
No. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we did this thing as a play. We're doing it as a movie. And it's about a guy who is so compassionate that he ruins everything around him and everyone takes advantage of him. He ends up going to prison and he ends up getting his life changed by the boss con over there. And then some shit happens. Wow.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right. Well, but see, that's the trick, is the best thing in the world if you're rehearsing a play is tell everybody, show up learning your lines. Don't show up if you're not letter perfect. And most actors don't know that anymore because they've been badly trained and badly rehearsed.
Right. Well, but see, that's the trick, is the best thing in the world if you're rehearsing a play is tell everybody, show up learning your lines. Don't show up if you're not letter perfect. And most actors don't know that anymore because they've been badly trained and badly rehearsed.
Right. Well, but see, that's the trick, is the best thing in the world if you're rehearsing a play is tell everybody, show up learning your lines. Don't show up if you're not letter perfect. And most actors don't know that anymore because they've been badly trained and badly rehearsed.
And they want to sit down and talk about where they went to school and what their character ate for lunch and all this bullshit. So shy up because he don't know any better, knows better than any of them. Just show up learning the fucking lines. Because if the actors show up in a rehearsal late day one, knowing their lines, what do you do? You block the play.
And they want to sit down and talk about where they went to school and what their character ate for lunch and all this bullshit. So shy up because he don't know any better, knows better than any of them. Just show up learning the fucking lines. Because if the actors show up in a rehearsal late day one, knowing their lines, what do you do? You block the play.
And they want to sit down and talk about where they went to school and what their character ate for lunch and all this bullshit. So shy up because he don't know any better, knows better than any of them. Just show up learning the fucking lines. Because if the actors show up in a rehearsal late day one, knowing their lines, what do you do? You block the play.
It takes you three days and then you put it on.
It takes you three days and then you put it on.
It takes you three days and then you put it on.
Wait a second, but you're a stand-up comic. Yes. Wait a second, two guys go into a... Whorehouse. Whorehouse. Of course it's a whorehouse, but you're going to grow up on the bar. Well, you got to know your lines, right?
Wait a second, but you're a stand-up comic. Yes. Wait a second, two guys go into a... Whorehouse. Whorehouse. Of course it's a whorehouse, but you're going to grow up on the bar. Well, you got to know your lines, right?
Wait a second, but you're a stand-up comic. Yes. Wait a second, two guys go into a... Whorehouse. Whorehouse. Of course it's a whorehouse, but you're going to grow up on the bar. Well, you got to know your lines, right?
If you're telling jokes, you got to know your lines.
If you're telling jokes, you got to know your lines.
If you're telling jokes, you got to know your lines.