I always thought the real violence in Hollywood isn't what's on the screen. It's what you have to do to raise the money.

Quote by David Mamet

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People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed...

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed...

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get...

I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get...

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's...

Life in the movie business is like the beginning of a new love affair: it's...

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

It's only words... unless they're true.

It's only words... unless they're true.

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one...

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one...

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist....

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist....

We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of...

We Americans have always considered Hollywood, at best, a sinkhole of depraved venality. And, of...

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama...

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama...

We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.

We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dreamlife.

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half...

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half...

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

Always tell the truth - it's the easiest thing to remember.

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public...

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public...

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public...

Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public...

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama...

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama...

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar...

Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar...

It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot...

It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot...