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A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.

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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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
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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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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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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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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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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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