Comments on: Video: David Mamet https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-david-mamet/ Story. Screenplay. Sale. Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:20:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: The 3 P's Of A Screenplay Disaster [beyond structure] - The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-david-mamet/#comment-339392 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 22:20:27 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=12416#comment-339392 […] is revealed through action only. David Mamet likes to call it ‘habitual action’. If a character doesn’t act, there’s no way of finding out what the character is about […]

]]> By: The 3 Pees Of A Script Disaster [beyond structure] | The Story Department https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-david-mamet/#comment-730 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:29:20 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=12416#comment-730 […] is revealed through action only. David Mamet likes to call it ‘habitual action’. If a character doesn’t act, there’s no way of finding out what the character is about […]

]]> By: Phil Willis https://www.thestorydepartment.com/video-david-mamet/#comment-729 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:29:02 +0000 https://thestorydepartment.com/?p=12416#comment-729 Brilliant!

I love the insight that the thing we call “character” is nothing more than habitual action.

Great post.
–Phil

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