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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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The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
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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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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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A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
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Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
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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 think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
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You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.
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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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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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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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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 able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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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 question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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