Financial Times: Lunch with David Mamet
"'All of a sudden, the show was off the air and everyone was thrown out of work – the stagehands, the grips, the costume designers, all the people who worked 16 hours a day ... I realised I had been screwed by unions as much as I’d been helped by them.' . . . So who would he prefer as president? He replies that he is 'not current' with the Republican contenders until I mention Sarah Palin. 'I am crazy about her,' he answers immediately. 'Would she make a good candidate for president? I don’t know but she seems to have succeeded at everything she put her hand to.'" [rdbrewer]