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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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Elias Kazantzoglou
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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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 was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
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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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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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