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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept.
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You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.
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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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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
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A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
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I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
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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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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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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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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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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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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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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 was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
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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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