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Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
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 will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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I was not a collective person or a bohemian I was an elitist.
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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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 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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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 always a self-conscious person.
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Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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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 like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
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I left the theater I literally left to begin a new life.
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I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
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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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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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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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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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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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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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