Editing David Mamet (section)

==Personal life==
Mamet and actress [[Lindsay Crouse]] married in 1977 and divorced in 1990. The couple have two children. Mamet has been married to actress and singer-songwriter [[Rebecca Pidgeon]] since 1991, and they have two children. Mamet and Pidgeon live in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name=tt/><ref name = Akbar/>

Mamet is a [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jew]] and strongly pro-Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5164626 |title=An Interview With David Mamet on Israel and Zionism|publisher=haaretz.com |date=January 13, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref>

===Political views===
In 2005, Mamet became a contributing blogger for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', drawing satirical cartoons with themes including political strife in Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/david-mamet |title=David Mamet – Politics on The Huffington Post |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref> In a 2008 essay at ''[[The Village Voice]]'' titled "Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal{{' "}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Mamet |first=David |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2008/03/11/david-mamet-why-i-am-no-longer-a-brain-dead-liberal/ |title=David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal' |newspaper=[[Village Voice]] |date=March 11, 2008 |access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> he discussed how his political views had shifted from [[modern liberalism in the United States|liberalism]] to [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatism]]. In interviews, Mamet has highlighted his agreement with [[free market]] theorists such as [[Friedrich Hayek]],<ref>"David Mamet," ''[[Freedom Watch]] with Judge [[Andrew Napolitano]]'', ''[[Fox Business Network]]'', June 8, 2011.</ref> the historian [[Paul Johnson (writer)|Paul Johnson]], and economist [[Thomas Sowell]], whom Mamet called "one of our greatest minds". In 2022, Mamet declined to explicitly label himself a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], but described himself as a conservative who "would like to conserve those things I grew up with: the love of family, the love of the country, love of service, love of God, love of community".<ref name = Akbar/>

During promotion of a book, Mamet said British people had "a taint of [[antisemitism|anti-semitism]]," claiming they "want to give [Israel] away to some people whose claim is rather dubious."<ref name="Gapper">{{cite news|last=Gapper |first=John |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/ft/2011/06/lunch_with_david_mamet.html?via=gdpr-consent|title=Lunch With David Mamet|work=Slate|agency=Financial Times|date=June 11, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> In the same interview, Mamet went on to say that "there are famous dramatists and novelists [in the UK] whose works are full of anti-Semitic filth." He refused to give examples because of British libel laws (the interview was conducted in New York City for the ''[[Financial Times]]'').<ref name="Gapper"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jun/12/david-mamet-antisemitism-britain|title=David Mamet launches tirade against 'antisemitism' of British writers|work=The Observer|date=June 12, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2018}}</ref> He is known for his pro-Israel positions; in his book ''The Secret Knowledge'' he claimed that "Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.economist.com/node/18833539?story_id=18833539&fsrc=rss | newspaper=The Economist | title=A liberal recants | date=June 16, 2011}}</ref>

Mamet endorsed Republican [[Mitt Romney]] for [[2012 United States presidential election|president in 2012]], and wrote an article for ''[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]'' imploring fellow Jewish Americans to vote for Romney.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mamet |first=David |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/the_final_obama_romney_showdown_a_note_to_a_stiff_necked_people |title=The final Obama/Romney showdown: A note to a stiff-necked people &#124; Opinion |publisher=Jewish Journal |date=November 1, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Arellano |first=Jennifer |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/05/david-mamet-mitt-romney/ |title=David Mamet implores fellow Jews to vote for Mitt Romney &#124; PopWatch &#124; EW.com |publisher=Popwatch.ew.com |date=November 5, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2013}}</ref>

In an essay for ''[[Newsweek]]'', published on January 29, 2013, Mamet argued against [[gun control]] laws: "It was intended to guard us against this inevitable decay of government that the Constitution was written. Its purpose was and is not to enthrone a Government superior to an imperfect and confused electorate, but to protect us from such a government."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/gun-laws-and-fools-chelm-63139|title=Gun Laws and the Fools of Chelm|first=David|last=Mamet|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>

Mamet has described the [[U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)|NFL anthem protests]] as "absolutely fucking despicable".<ref name=tt/> In a 2020 interview, he described [[Donald Trump]] as a "great president" and [[List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign non-political endorsements|supported his re-election]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/breitbart-news-daily-david-mamet-january-23-2020| title = Exclusive — David Mamet: Trump Is a 'Great President,' Left's Reaction Has Been 'Psychotic'|website=[[Breitbart News]]|date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> After Trump lost the election, Mamet appeared to endorse [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|claims that the election had been illegitimate]] in his 2022 book ''Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch'', though shortly after its publication, he said he "misspoke" on the subject.<ref name = Evans>{{cite news|url = https://deadline.com/2022/04/david-mamet-fox-news-teachers-pedophilia-1234999992/|title = 'American Buffalo' Playwright David Mamet Tells Fox News That Teachers 'Are Inclined' To Pedophilia|work = [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date = April 11, 2022|accessdate = April 11, 2022|last = Evans|first = Greg}}</ref>

In 2022, Mamet made comments in support of [[Florida Parental Rights in Education Act|Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act]], called the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its critics,<ref>{{cite web |title=CS/CS/HB 1557 - Parental Rights in Education |url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=76545 |website=Florida House of Representatives |access-date=April 12, 2022}}</ref> which restricts what public school teachers in Florida can discuss with children in kindergarten through third grade about [[sexual orientation]] and [[gender identity]]. In an interview with [[Fox News]], Mamet claimed that the law was necessary because teachers "are abusing [children] mentally and using sex to do so", further alleging that "teachers are inclined, particularly men because men are predators, to [[pedophilia]]".<ref name = Evans/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bort |first1=Ryan |title=David Mamet Comes Out as Right-Wing Culture Warrior, Claims Teachers Are Inclined to Pedophilia |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/david-mamet-teachers-pedophilia-fox-news-1335736/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 11, 2022 |access-date=April 11, 2022}}</ref>