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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

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Als Schauspieler tendierte ich dazu, die Leute zu korrigieren, und sagte: "Was wäre, wenn wir es so versuchen würden, was wäre, wenn wir es so versuchen würden?" Das ist eine schreckliche Angewohnheit für einen Schauspieler, aber eine gute Angewohnheit für den Regisseur. Also wurde ich Regisseur.

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