Elia Kazan Quotes
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
Elia Kazan
Film director
You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
Elia Kazan
Film director
Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
Elia Kazan
Film director
For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
Elia Kazan
Film director
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
Film director
Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
Elia Kazan
Film director
The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.
Elia Kazan
Film director
Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
Elia Kazan
Film director
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
Film director
I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
Elia Kazan
Film director
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
Film director
You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.
Elia Kazan
Film director
I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
Elia Kazan
Film director
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