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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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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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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
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The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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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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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but it is bitter and unforgettable.
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Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
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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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I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
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The thing with films is that you have to make something that will get people out of their houses, away from the TV set. You must touch people, say something. Otherwise, they'll stay at home.
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
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