I'm In Love With David Mamet
David Mamet on Dlisted. I didn't think this moment would ever happen, but I couldn't help it. After reading this shit about him on Page Six, I think I'm madly in love with him and need to become the next Mrs. David Mamet.
In her memoir, playwright Nancy Balbirer wrote about how amazingly hot David Mamet was to his students at NYU. David cursed them out, threw them out of class and called Bill Cosby a whore. Swoooooooon.
Here's a few quotes from Nancy's book. Page Six had to bleep out the good words, but if Mamet is saying it, it's probably a "fuck" or a "cunt."
Mamet on students talking too quietly: " Get the [bleep] off my stage! Now," he'd bellow . . . And, he'd continue, his short, burly body bouncing around like a school-yard bully in need of his daily Ritalin, "Don't [bleep]ing come back until we can hear you. How dare you? You're whispering. On the stage. It's [bleep]ing passive-aggressive. You know, only people who are full of [bleep] whisper," Balbirer writes.Mamet's response to a student asking who his favorite actress is: "Women who act are not actresses. They're actors. Why do they need to [bleep]ing qualify what their genitalia are? Folks, seriously, I need to disabuse you of the notion that 'actress' is anything other than a euphemism for 'floozy' . . . Do women [bleep]ing writers call themselves 'writressess?' No! There's nothing worse than being a woman in show business . . . you'll be asked to do only two things in every [bleep]ing role you ever play: take your shirt off and cry.""
Mamet on TV: Mamet delivered a lecture, "the premise of which was that Bill Cosby was a whore . . . television was evil and for whores, Hollywood was a hotbed of whoredom, and we were to avoid all of these things like the plague, unless, of course, we, too, were whores and not the artists we said we were."
Yeah, I know it was love at first bleep for you too, but stay away from his hairy ass (you know it is). The grouchy bear is mine. Imagine waking up next to him? He'd probably roll to your side, gaze into your eyes and say, "Good fucking morning, you dumb fucking whore." That's real love.
yes, I read this in page 6 this morning and busted a gut laughing.
the dude might be a prick, but he is 100% correct in his commentary.
Sounds pretty much like any director I have worked with and I have been a wardrobe Mistress for the opera and for the AMT and they all have talked like this.Nothing shocking here.Mr.G talks worse on SHH!
I already new Cosby was a ho...
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
I've never liked the idea that to be called an "actress" rather than an "actor" was derogatory, but I grew up speaking a language that has a masculine or feminine signifier for almost everything.
I think it's more a matter of connotation and usage. If people perceive 'feminine' to mean weak, then feminine terms become insulting to them.
“I ejaculate boiling venom, so I’d need to wear like fifty condoms.”
Submitted by aem on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 6:48pm.
Page Six had to bleep out the good words, but if Mamet is saying it, it's probably a "fuck" or a "cunt."
'On the stage. It's [bleep]ing passive-aggressive. You know, only people who are full of [bleep] whisper," Balbirer writes. '
So he is the "cunt" whisperer.
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HAHAHA!! I am so storing that one for future reference.
Page Six had to bleep out the good words, but if Mamet is saying it, it's probably a "fuck" or a "cunt."
'On the stage. It's [bleep]ing passive-aggressive. You know, only people who are full of [bleep] whisper," Balbirer writes. '
So he is the "cunt" whisperer.
David Mamet is an egotistical asshole. I do agree with him about the "actresses" part. Just call em fucking actors.
Submitted by joe shmoe on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 4:35pm.
as *actus* in Latin is to perform a play, or to dramatize something..
I'll need to see a citation. And Mamet's wife is a lousy actus.
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I see a new movie in the making with John Malkovich in the lead role.
I'd like to see David Cross play him in the made-for-t.v. movie.
Submitted by Sheeps on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 4:08pm.
Submitted by ZiggyStardust on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 3:09pm.
The term actress comes from Victorian Britain.
It is a contraction of 'actor' and 'less'. Thus, the actress is less than the actor.
The same goes for waitress.
Are you sure Zigster? I bet they're simply Latin-derived feminine forms.
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Think I'd agree with you Sheeps..as *actus* in Latin is to perform a play, or to dramatize something.. I think Ziggy is pulling our leg? tee hee
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Submitted by ZiggyStardust on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 3:09pm.
The term actress comes from Victorian Britain.
It is a contraction of 'actor' and 'less'. Thus, the actress is less than the actor.
The same goes for waitress.
Are you sure Zigster? I bet they're simply Latin-derived feminine forms.
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Submitted by Stoney on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:49pm.
I had a trig teacher in high school who was at least 70 yrs old, single, never married. She had a pull down grid which she rubbed her chalkboard eraser over to make a grid for line segments and crap like that.
Anyho, one day we snuck in before class and taped a playgirl centerfold on that grid thing and then rolled it back up.
The teach pulled it down, grunted at the peen, and left it "hanging" for the rest of class.
She earned my respect big time that day.
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Submitted by Mrs. Gosling on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 2:27pm.
I respect you for your opinion, AND I am thankful every day NOT to be in school.
xo
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Submitted by Lory on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 3:31pm.
Hahaha!
I hate people like that.
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Thank you SNOWPIECE - I wanted to say the same thing myself!! aaaaggh
Mamet can't be too upset about the Perv. Remember Madonna screwed-up Speed the Plow first!
Submitted by Mrs. Gosling on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 2:27pm.
Some teachers give tough love but others are just so sour and depressed and it really is hard to learn from someone like that
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Oh, I almost forgot, I used to have this other professor who was the meanest asshole in the world. He was so bitter that EVERYONE talked about how he jizzed his pants when he gave you back your papers with red ink all over it. Apparently the thrill was better if the bad grade was undeserved because the fucker grinned from ear to ear whenever a good, hard-working student received them. Good luck trying to tell him your answer was not wrong as he wrote in your paper. He would laugh at your ass and make your claim public. He was a major cunt!.
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HAH. Imagine what he thought about Jeremy Piven "leaving" his play.
While he makes some good points, I still don't like him. The acting in his movies is always wooden and stunted. He makes his actors say stuff like "I do not" instead of "I don't" or overly proper speech that just sounds pretentious. I thought Woody Allen was bad with that, but Mamet takes the cake.
Also, I don't think he understands or relates to women, despite his blurb about actresses. I found "Glengarry Glen Ross" boring because there were no women in it. I can't STAND when movies like have a gratuitous romantic story line in it, and I hate chick flicks more than anything. But if a movie is ONLY about men and their fuckery, I'm not interested.
OMG stop asking who he is! he's one of the most famous screen writers/playwrites ever!
GOOGLE HIM YA DUMB FUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Who the hell is this person and why should we care?
Submitted by paris herpes on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 2:36pm.
The term actress comes from Victorian Britain.
It is a contraction of 'actor' and 'less'. Thus, the actress is less than the actor.
The same goes for waitress.
Oh, and of course writeresse is not a word. Authoress, on the other hand is a word. Fuckhead.
Who is this moron? A teacher who bullies his pupils is below contempt. If anybody spoke to me like that I'd report them for assault.
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Mrs. Gosling... thanks.. and I love your avi!! LOL Speaking of "teachers"!!!
Submitted by paradoxical bunny on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 3:00pm.
Ugh you said everything I meant in a much more eloquent manner... thanks :)
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when genius is accompanied by self-importance and arrogance, the genius level is greatly diminished, in my opinion. ... don't know if he is those things, but he does seem kind of blow-hardy.
I don't think intimidation, cruelty and shaming is ever a good way to "teach". ... verbally assautling your students hardly makes you a good mentor, and a mentor is which is what all good teachers are. ... I had a few nasty professors like this, and to this day I believe they had diagnosable character defects. (and whoever said small penis, I think is onto something!) ... But they do make for colorful recollections...
that said, I lovvvvved The Postman Always Rings Twice. hot hot HOT.
I'm in love!!!
So, it's "Sienna Miller, the famous floozy," then? Works for me.
You would think, in Hollywood of all places, bulwark of the liberated female who doesn't wear a bra, doesn't marry the father of her children, etc. etc., the "actress" moniker would have been divested a long time ago.
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He makes a really good point, I think the reason why we call female actors "actresses" is due to the French, they have nouns that are based on female and male genders and the distinctions were made to combat sexism or whatever. For some reason a distinction had to be made between male and female actors in the U.S....not sure when or why that started, but it probably was in the 50s or 60s when gender became a big deal to many in society. Also, in terms of award ceremonies and whatnot, and creating categories of awards for the Oscars. There isn't a different word for writers either to connote a female writer...so it's actually interesting that there is one for actors...? I could be wrong about it all but maybe it's a good guess?
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Submitted by Lory on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:33pm.
I agree with you and Angel...
Some teachers give tough love but others are just so sour and depressed and it really is hard to learn from someone like that
I had a teacher in HS that was so tough and she was always yelling but when she gave you an A..you felt like you truly deserved it that A meant more than any other A because her standards were so high and I LOOVED her not so much at first but looking back she was one of my best teachers ever...but my professor in college was just a pain not nice at all!
Submitted by jiggywiddit on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:31pm.
Submitted by Mrs. Gosling on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:22pm.
No disrespect intended, but if we're posting on this site, we are people like him.
none taken but to be honest I do not agree with you...
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@snowpiece- Loved The Spanish Prisoner. Steve Martin in that movie = greatness.
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Submitted by Sheeps on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 2:04pm.
The thing I hate is when people think because somebody is "genius" they should be allowed to do/say whatever they want. Reminds of the peeps that defend Roman Polanski.
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This is really going to mess with the Academy Awards: "Meryl Streep, nominated as Best Supporting Actor in a Female Role"?
Mamet has the Hollywood Self-Important Disease. It takes hold and metastacizes as soon as someone gets the least bit of recognition. When you're feted as Mamet has been, the disease is boundless.
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What's really funny is that he'd yell at students about this stuff, but then he'll put his wooden wife on screen any chance he gets. Perspective is everything, dude.
I wonder if he inspired the screenwriter's seminar part in Adaptation?
He wrote the Untouchables?
Damn. I need to pay closer attention to the credits.
My choir teacher used to throw her shoes at me when I wouldn't shut up. And my fifth grade teacher drew a circle on the board and told me to put my nose in it but it was too high and I couldn't reach it...
That shit was FUNNY.
Who is David Mamet???
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000519/
"Going gray is like ejaculating. You know it can happen prematurely, but when it actually does, it's a total shock." MAH BOO!!!
LOVES ME SOME MAMET!
I had one prof when for the last class I needed to get my degree who scared the crap out of everyone the 1st day of class. Lots of people dropped it. I was so jealous because I couldn't. He ended up being my favorite professor ever. I don't know that I agree w/ that technique of weeding out the faint of heart, but he was wonderful, & I learned so much. We're still in touch.
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Come Back to Sorrento (2009) (pre-production) (screenplay)
The Prince of Providence (2009) (pre-production) (screenplay)
"The Unit" (58 episodes, 2006-2008)
- Switchblade (2008) TV episode (written by)
- Misled and Misguided (2008) TV episode (creator)
- Shadow Riders (2008) TV episode (creator)
- Into Hell: Part Two (2008) TV episode (creator)
- Into Hell: Part One (2008) TV episode (creator)
(53 more)
Redbelt (2008) (written by)
Edmond (2005) (play) (screenplay)
Spartan (2004) (written by)
Heist (2001/I) (written by)
... aka Vol, Le (Canada: French title)
Hannibal (2001) (screenplay)
State and Main (2000) (written by)
... aka Séquences et conséquences (France)
Lakeboat (2000) (play) (uncredited) (written by)
The Winslow Boy (1999) (screenplay)
Lansky (1999) (TV) (written by)
Ronin (1998) (screenplay) (as Richard Weisz)
Wag the Dog (1997) (screenplay)
The Spanish Prisoner (1997) (written by)
The Edge (1997) (written by)
American Buffalo (1996) (play) (screenplay)
Oleanna (1994) (play) (screenplay)
Texan (1994) (TV) (written by)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994) (play translation)
A Life in the Theater (1993) (TV) (play) (teleplay)
... aka A Life in the Theatre (UK)
Hoffa (1992) (written by)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) (play) (screenplay)
... aka Glengarry Glen Ross (Australia: DVD title)
The Water Engine (1992) (TV) (play) (written by)
Homicide (1991) (written by)
Uncle Vanya (1991) (TV) (writer)
We're No Angels (1989) (written by)
Things Change (1988) (written by)
House of Games (1987) (screenplay) (story)
The Untouchables (1987) (written by)
"Hill Street Blues" (1 episode, 1987)
- A Wasted Weekend (1987) TV episode (writer)
About Last Night... (1986) (play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago")
The Verdict (1982) (screenplay)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (screenplay)
... aka Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt (West Germany)
A Life in the Theater (1979) (TV) (play
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What am I missing? Who is this guy?
Submitted by luckycharms on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:43pm.
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He's a playwright, screenwriter, essayist etc - a famous one.
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"I think I'm madly in love with him and need to become the next Mrs. David Mamet."
But what about Mah Boo?
(Weeping quietly for the Silver Fox.)
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Who is he? He is obviously Jewish judging by the last name and looks. That is abundently obvious. But who wants to be such a prick? Tone it down a little, stupid asshole.
Lots of people talking, but few of them know. The soul of a woman was created below.--Led Zeppelin.
I haven't had professor's like this. All of mine have been cool, but hard to get an A in their classes. You'd think they were pulling the A from their damn soul or something. That said, I just finished the last semester with a 4.0 GPA, and hope to continue it.
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OMG the Theatre major in me just fell in love all over again! I LOVE this man, I dont care how rude or crass he is, his plays are genius, and I'm SUCH a fan of the fact that he loves to use the cunt word
Truer words have never been spoken!
Submitted by Mrs. Gosling on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:22pm
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Not all snarky teachers are bad and not all of them are good either. In my personal case our professor had a sharp tongue but he gave credit when it was due and he despite what we said in that moment, he was fair when it came to grading. Sometimes we wanted to throttled him so bad that it hurt but when we finished, everyone agreed he was the best. There was not ONE of us who were not grateful for his knowledge. You are right about some teachers not being empowering but a trauma to some students though. I also had one like that and she put some (a lot of) people off her subject. She was not inspiring, she was just a bully with a laser pen.
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Submitted by Mrs. Gosling on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:22pm.
No disrespect intended, but if we're posting on this site, we are people like him.
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I swear, some people should not be allowed to leave the comfort of their own padded room.-MK