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People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way.
Elia Kazan
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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
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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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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 writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
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I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
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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 truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
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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 want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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