American - Director | September 7, 1909 - September 28, 2003
I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
Elia Kazan
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You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.
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I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.
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For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
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I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.
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Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
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There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.
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I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.
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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.
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I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
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The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.
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