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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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There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.
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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 may be getting old, but not foolish.
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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
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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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Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
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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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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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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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I left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.
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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 think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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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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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
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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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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 was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
Elia Kazan
I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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