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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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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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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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The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
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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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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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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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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 value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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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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When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.
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The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.
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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
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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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