This chapter is about how Mamet believes that the act of performing is heroic. Mamet also believes that when people say they "can't" do things, it's not true. To quote him, "...every other 'I can't' excuse is engendered by the play because our suggestibility knows no limits." I think that this idea is an interesting one and I believe it partly. I think that maybe all that needs to be done is getting into the correct mindset. Actors frequently have difficulty putting their personal things behind them. I know that I do this, too. But that is also the beauty of acting...however badly your personal life may be going, you are then able to forget about it for a few hours. It's a comforting release.
"So wisdom consists in this: do not attribute feelings, act on them before attributing them, before negotiating with them, before saying, 'This is engendered by the play, this is not engendered by the play.' Act on them."
I am always finding nice quotes from this book. I think that Mamet makes a lot of good points in his book.
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