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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

American Director

Born: Sep 7, 1909

Died: Sep 28, 2003

Acting Actor Every He People You

Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen

I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me. Elia Kazan

Me Director Gift Made Out She Owe

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you. Elia Kazan

Good You Cause Hey Must Never Doin Hear Good Cause

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting. Elia Kazan

People Other Disturbing Something Doing Anybody Disgusting Informs Who Even

I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement. Elia Kazan

Art Class Hero Young Insurgent Movement Working Working-Class

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. Elia Kazan

You People Responsibility Own Struggles Remind

Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything. Elia Kazan

Relationship Our Everything Fact Cursed Agreed

I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable. Elia Kazan

Compliant Neither Small Nor Agreeable

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. Elia Kazan

Made Convictions Direct Pictures Motion Motion Pictures Represent Chosen Plays

I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. Elia Kazan

Peace Value Price Bought Fundamental

I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later. Elia Kazan

Half Party Year Late Later Out Joined Got Communist Communist Party

The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. Elia Kazan

Daily Democracy Practices Accustomed Automatically Which Communists Violated

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt. Elia Kazan

Fear Simply Spoke Self-Doubt Without Contradiction Did Suffer

I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right. Elia Kazan

You Call Did Actor Right

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did. Elia Kazan

Future Communism Better True Understood Than Did

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense. Elia Kazan

Respect Sense Broadway One Thing Only Only One Thing So-Called Actor Thing Competitive

Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it. Elia Kazan

Picture Every Miracle Little Successful

I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does. Elia Kazan

Confidence Way Glad Looks Does Maybe Much

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. Elia Kazan

You Something Uncertain More Anticipate Ambivalent Get Cannot Then

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep. Elia Kazan

Stage Action Penetration Concentration Essence Movement Screen Sweep

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