Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazanwas a Greek-American director, producer, writer and actor, described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 September 1909
CityIstanbul, Turkey
CountryUnited States of America
thinking years faithful
For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
party years half
I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later.
thinking thumbs collaboration
I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
acting actors demand
It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth
causes hey hey-you
Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.
betrayal lying soul
I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.
generosity want academy
I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
voice secret hearing
I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
acting realistic poetry-is
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
self self-conscious conscious
I was always a self-conscious person.
stars thinking too-much
I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
essence movement action
The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
underestimate narcissism never-underestimate
Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.