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I may be getting old, but not foolish.

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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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There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.
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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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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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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 question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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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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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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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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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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I left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.
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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
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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 born in Turkey in an extremely oppressive climate at the time of pogroms, massacres, really. An immigrant appreciates the freedom more.
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I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
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