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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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Istanbul
Elias Kazantzoglou
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I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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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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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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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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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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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 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 said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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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 left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.
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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 value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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