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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And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too, but began to blame everything on race.

我认为,在另一方面,有些演员不如我优秀,也许他们也能坚持下去,但他们开始把一切都归咎于种族。

My publisher, who was so good as a taster and editor, when she became a writer, lo and behold, it was all this feminine tosh.

我的出版商,当她成为一名作家时,她是一个很好的品尝者和编辑,你看,这都是女性的废话。

In the past, I tried to be more of a typical session guitarist. I wasn't so concerned with impressing anybody.

在过去,我试着成为一个典型的会话吉他手。我没那么在意给别人留下深刻印象。

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

每次你去看医生,得到一份好的报告,胜算就会越来越大。

As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.

作为一名歌手,我尝试了所有这些帽子,这些声音,这些衣服,最终我出来了。

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

你不知道演员的自我价值有多脆弱。