David Mamet: "Akting bukanlah profesi yang sopan. Aktor dulu dimakamka...

"Akting bukanlah profesi yang sopan. Aktor dulu dimakamkan di persimpangan dengan pancang melalui hati. Penampilan orang-orang itu begitu meresahkan penonton sehingga mereka takut pada hantu mereka. Pujian yang luar biasa. Para pemain itu menggerakkan penonton bukan sehingga mereka diterima di sekolah, atau menerima ulasan gratis, tetapi sedemikian rupa sehingga penonton takut akan jiwa mereka. Sekarang bagi saya sesuatu yang harus saya tuju."

--- David Mamet

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's performances so troubled the onlookers that they feared their ghosts. An awesome compliment. Those players moved the audience not such that they were admitted to a school, or received a complimentary review, but such that the audience feared for their soul. Now that seems to me something to aim for.