David Mamet Quotes

You know, young actors say all the time, 'Should I use my own life experience?' And my response is, 'What choice do you have?'

David Mamet

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LifeTimeExperienceYouChoiceSay

There's a point I set for myself, and it's an arbitrary point, when I think no matter happens, I'm going to finish that book. And that's when I get to page 100. I have to see it out.

Joanna Scott

MyselfBookThinkPageMatterSee

My mother taught me to ask people about the things they love.

Andrew Sean Greer

LoveMotherPeopleMeAskThings

That's one of the problems with Hollywood. It'll say 'policeman,' and an unless it says 'black policeman,' a lot of times you won't even get the opportunity to read for it, which is kind of crazy, but that's the way it is.

Meshach Taylor

OpportunityCrazyProblemsBlackYou

At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.

Martin Yan

RestaurantLivingLeavingHong Kong

People have a right to be able to bear arms.

Mitt Romney

PeopleBearRightArmsAble

Dinner and a movie is pretty great.

Joseph Morgan

GreatDinnerPrettyMovie

My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.

Johnny Vegas

HomeVacationHolidayFirstUpCome

We choose the national park idea because it's really the highest form of protection for landscapes that exists under current law, especially in Chile and Argentina.

Douglas Tompkins

LawChooseParkProtectionArgentina

I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress.

Deborah Moggach

TeacherLandscapeWantedPublishing

I would perhaps like to go back to writing small books about obscure people.

Claire Tomalin

PeopleWritingSmallBackGoWould

People at different stages of their lives are doing different things, and they're all using Google.

Susan Wojcicki

PeopleDoingGoogleThingsDifferent

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.

Shawn Ashmore

SchoolAuditionsBeingTeamsInstead

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