American - Director | September 7, 1909 - September 28, 2003
Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything.
Elia Kazan
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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.
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A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
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I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
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The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.
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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.
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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.
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Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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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.
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