Quotes By Elia Kazan
There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.
Elia Kazan
I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.
Elia Kazan
I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
Elia Kazan
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
Elia Kazan
The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.
Elia Kazan
The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.
Elia Kazan
Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
Elia Kazan
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
You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
Elia Kazan
I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
Elia Kazan
The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going.
Elia Kazan
Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
Elia Kazan
To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.
Elia Kazan
I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.
Elia Kazan
Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.
Elia Kazan