Episode 273: David Mamet on His Early Influences in Writing and Drama
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2024
- For Episode 273 of the 5 Questions podcast, Dan Schawbel asks playwright and filmmaker, David Mamet. David won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. He wrote the screenplays for such films as The Verdict, The Untouchables, Ronin, and Wag the Dog. We talk about his early influences, and career challenges, during this episode.
Q1: 0:19 Can you share some of the early influences that shaped your interest in writing and drama?
Q2: 3:23 What motivated your transition from studying acting to becoming a playwright and how did this shift impact your creative process?
Q3: 4:42 How was being fired from dozens of movies a blessing in disguise and what did you learn from the experiences?
Q4: 7:33 What are the biggest challenges of making a film and how did you overcome them?
Q5: 9:08 What’s your best piece of career advice?
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“Best career advice: Stop waiting.”- David Mamet Damn right indeed!
The legend! So real, such a simple and straightforward attitude and approach to life and career goals. I loved the Spanish Prisoner and House of Games, among others, of course. I particularly loved the ending where he said that it was great talking to you. What's not to love?!
Yeah, yeah, he’s a right-winger. He’s still the greatest dramatist of our time.
Dave trashed Eugene O' Neil but O'Neil was a pure Playwright he was the first playwright offered Screenplay money to refuse it also when tempted to write a Novel Eugene would simply write a longer play that maybe Dave found boring Dave is just a writer who writes ANYTHING to make money and every once in a while writes a great play The Hairy Ape by O' Noel is a David Mamet play before Mamet equal if not better then anything Dave wrote!!!!!