Elia Kazan
Quotations
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“The belief that the good in American society will finally win out… I don’t believe any more.” -Elia Kazan
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“There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors… and that is their competitive sense.” -Elia Kazan
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“Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything.” -Elia Kazan
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“Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.” -Elia Kazan
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“I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.” -Elia Kazan
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“I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.” -Elia Kazan
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“I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.” -Elia Kazan
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“I wouldn’t go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It’s a nasty experience. You’re up there all by yourself. You’re so damn exposed.” -Elia Kazan
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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.” -Elia Kazan
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“I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.” -Elia Kazan
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“Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.” -Elia Kazan
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“I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.” -Elia Kazan
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