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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.

Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
Actor
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Istanbul
Elias Kazantzoglou
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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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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
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