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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.
Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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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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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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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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The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
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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 value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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There aren't many male stars - that's a loose term - like Kirk [Douglas] around. Most of those virile personalities have to keep working, continue the image because they can't do anything else. They don't even read. Their real identity is in making those pictures. They have to keep jumping on horses and hitting somebody on the head with a gun.
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