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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I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

我怀疑没有一个活着的演员能够在他未来职业生涯的第一天活动后,如实回答家人的问题。

I always tried to do the best. I knew I couldn't always be the best, but I tried to be.

我总是尽力做到最好。我知道我不可能总是最好的,但我努力做到最好。

What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once.

我想做的就是把那些不止一次对我有用的电影搬上银幕。

My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.

我的感觉是,除了努力工作,我什么都没做。

I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.

我认为自己是一个蓝领演员,只是埋头苦干。

They are good that are away.

不在的人是好人。