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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.

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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I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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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 not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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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 question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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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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Acting, I found, was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
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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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