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Elia Kazan quotes: I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
Elia Kazan quotes: I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
Elia Kazan quotes: The belief that the good in American society will finally win out ... I don't believe any more. The belief that the good in American society will finally win out ... I don't believe any more.
Elia Kazan quotes: I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise. I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
Elia Kazan quotes: People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way. People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
Elia Kazan quotes: Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting. Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
Elia Kazan quotes: I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul. I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.
Elia Kazan quotes: I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action. I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
Elia Kazan quotes: The only guy who was at all helpful as a producer was Sam Spiegel with On the Waterfront. He's one of the few who even knows what he's doing. The only guy who was at all helpful as a producer was Sam Spiegel with On the Waterfront. He's one of the few who even knows what he's doing.
Elia Kazan quotes: The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
Elia Kazan quotes: Acting ... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? Acting ... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
Elia Kazan quotes: I'm very pro-America, but I feel it necessary to keep in touch with Europe to maintain a perspective. I'm very pro-America, but I feel it necessary to keep in touch with Europe to maintain a perspective.
Elia Kazan quotes: Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer. Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.
Elia Kazan quotes: I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action. I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
Elia Kazan quotes: Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it. Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.
Elia Kazan quotes: I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am. I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was always a self-conscious person. I was always a self-conscious person.
Elia Kazan quotes: You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
Elia Kazan quotes: The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep. The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
Elia Kazan quotes: I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show. I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.
Elia Kazan quotes: The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end. The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
Elia Kazan quotes: I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me. I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.
Elia Kazan quotes: I've lost many of my best friends ... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends. I've lost many of my best friends ... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor. I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
Elia Kazan quotes: I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me. I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist. I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.
Elia Kazan quotes: The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it. The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.
Elia Kazan quotes: To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable. To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.
Elia Kazan quotes: The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough ... to get the machine going. The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough ... to get the machine going.
Elia Kazan quotes: When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on. When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was born in Turkey in an extremely oppressive climate at the time of pogroms, massacres, really. An immigrant appreciates the freedom more. I was born in Turkey in an extremely oppressive climate at the time of pogroms, massacres, really. An immigrant appreciates the freedom more.
Elia Kazan quotes: Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed. Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
Elia Kazan quotes: I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
Elia Kazan quotes: I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice. I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
Elia Kazan quotes: I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did. I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
Elia Kazan quotes: I left the theater; I literally left to begin a new life. I left the theater; I literally left to begin a new life.
Elia Kazan quotes: Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him. Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
Elia Kazan quotes: I may be getting old, but not foolish. I may be getting old, but not foolish.
Elia Kazan quotes: The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It's to survive as yourself, undiminished. The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It's to survive as yourself, undiminished.
Elia Kazan quotes: I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later. I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later.
Elia Kazan quotes: The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts. The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private and concealed thoughts.
Elia Kazan quotes: You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.
Elia Kazan quotes: For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists. For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
Elia Kazan quotes: I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
Elia Kazan quotes: If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition
Elia Kazan quotes: I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable. I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
Elia Kazan quotes: You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
Elia Kazan quotes: The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing. I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
Elia Kazan quotes: The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards. The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
Elia Kazan quotes: Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back. Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
Elia Kazan quotes: I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director. I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director.
Elia Kazan quotes: You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual. You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.
Elia Kazan quotes: The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.
Elia Kazan quotes: What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties. What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.
Elia Kazan quotes: The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up. The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was an outsider ... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up. I was an outsider ... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
Elia Kazan quotes: Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
Elia Kazan quotes: Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you. Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.
Elia Kazan quotes: Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit. Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.
Elia Kazan quotes: A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
Elia Kazan quotes: I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb. I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
Elia Kazan quotes: Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything. Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything.
Elia Kazan quotes: Truth gets buried, that's why people write autobiographies. Truth gets buried, that's why people write autobiographies.
Elia Kazan quotes: TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can be. TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can be.
Elia Kazan quotes: The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
Elia Kazan quotes: Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it. Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them. I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.
Elia Kazan quotes: Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing. Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
Elia Kazan quotes: I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does. I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
Elia Kazan quotes: Wonder is our need today, not information. Wonder is our need today, not information.
Elia Kazan quotes: There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors ... and that is their competitive sense. There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors ... and that is their competitive sense.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right. I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
Elia Kazan quotes: I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action. I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
Elia Kazan quotes: I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement. I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
Elia Kazan quotes: A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
Elia Kazan quotes: I am not a cosmic orphan. I am not a cosmic orphan.

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