interesting quotes from David Mamet on Charlie Rose

"anybody who truly loves this country (United States of America) has got to love Israel because what's the difference? it's a democracy, it has freedom for all of its citizens, has gender equality. they're in the midst of a war but so are we. is it an imperfect country? all countries are imperfect."

"never ask a guy 'what do you do for a living?' because if you think about it when you ask a guy 'what do you do for a living?' you're saying 'how may I therefor gage the rest of your utterances. are you smarter than I am? are you dumber than I am? are you richer than I am? are you poorer than I am?'"