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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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 truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
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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 knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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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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The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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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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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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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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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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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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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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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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For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
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Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
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