My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.

  • -- David Mamet 大卫·马梅

作为一名演员,我倾向于纠正人们的错误,我想说,‘如果我们这样做会怎样?如果我们那样做会怎样?’“这对演员来说是个坏习惯,但对导演来说是个好习惯。所以我成为了一名导演。

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The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind.

演员必须锻炼身体。这位演员必须练习他的嗓音。但是演员最重要的工作是他的思想。

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

作为谢菲尔德市的领导人、议员或部长,我从未试图篡改自己的角色。

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

我是一个伟大的童话读者。我试着把图书馆的童话部分读完。

Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

有时候美好的事物会分崩离析,而美好的事物却能走到一起。

A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

一个好的演员除了爱他自己外,绝不能爱任何人。

The whole world is my native land.

整个世界都是我的故乡。