The basis of drama is... the struggle of the hero towards a specific goal at the end of which he realises that what kept him from it was, in the lesser drama, civilisation and, in the great drama, the discovery of something that he did not set out to discover but which can be seen retrospectively as inevitable.

  • -- David Mamet 大卫·马梅

戏剧的基础是……英雄的斗争结束时对一个具体的目标,他意识到,让他从它是什么,在较小的戏剧,文明,在伟大的戏剧,发现他没有开始发现,但可以看到回顾是不可避免的。

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I sometimes struggle, because my job is like the antithesis of what surfing is all about. Surfing's simple. It's real.

我有时会挣扎,因为我的工作就像是冲浪的对立面。冲浪很简单。这是真实的。

Still, I believe it is only a passing phase and cricket will one day produce an abundance of great players.

不过,我相信这只是一个过渡阶段,板球总有一天会培养出一大批伟大的球员。

Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.

说唱只是整个语言游戏和技巧的一个极端。饶舌乐是为听觉享受而设的。

No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.

不,仔细想想,我不认为治愈会结束,但如果你想,我可以编造一个结局。

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

如果我们能期待一个没有孩子掉队的世界不是很好吗?

Movies were a struggle for me - they didn't come easy.

电影对我来说是一场斗争——它们来之不易。