David Mamet

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vanityfair.com - 4/21/2008

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During his three-decade career, David Mamet, 60, has been an anomaly in Hollywood: a dramaturge whose scripts are the main attraction. With the release of his latest film, "Redbelt," this month, the writer, producer, and director reflects on critics, a recent move, and being a fireman.

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IFC: Indie Eye: "I played the male, when I am not playing a hermaphrodite."

Gawker: defamer: David Mamet's Critic Death Wish Has Nothing on His Love For Dog's Cremains [Ask Me Anything]

Cinematical: David Mamet Dreams of a Day When All Critics Are Dead

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"I played the male, when I am not playing a hermaphrodite."
IFC: Indie Eye — ... the interview circuit: "I am a ham. It makes people laugh when I play the male. So I played the male, when I am not playing a hermaphrodite." —Isabella Rossellini on depicting insect mating habits in "Green Porno," at the New York Times Magazine "My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die." — David Mamet at Vanity Fair "[S]ecretly that I am very unhappy to not have two ...

David Mamet's Critic Death Wish Has Nothing on His Love For Dog's Cremains [Ask Me Anything]
Gawker: defamer — ... in a March issue of the Village Voice, and now in the new issue of Vanity Fair. In the magazine's traditional issue-ending Proust Questionnaire, the playwright / screenwriter / director brings his terse, complete sentences to bear on subjects from... well, Mamet can speak for himself: ...

David Mamet Dreams of a Day When All Critics Are Dead
Cinematical — ... Or at least that's what he told Vanity Fair. The magazine ends each issue with a "Proust Questionnaire," in which a celebrity is asked a series of frivolous-but-deep-sounding questions, usually to coincide with the promotion of the celebrity's new movie. This month it's Mamet (whose ...