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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.

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 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 not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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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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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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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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Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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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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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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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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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 no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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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 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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