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I may be getting old, but not foolish.

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 true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
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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 was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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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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