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I left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.

Elia Kazan

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Elia Kazan
Age: 94 †
Born: 1909
Born: September 7
Died: 2003
Died: September 28
Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Producer
Screenwriter
Theatrical Director
Writer
Istanbul
Elias Kazantzoglou
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Literally
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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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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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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 the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.
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The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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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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The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
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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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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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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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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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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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