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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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 like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
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Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.
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I left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.
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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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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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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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You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.
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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 was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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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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I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
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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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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
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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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