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
struggle responsibility people
You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.
criticism bigs bites
Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back.
acting groups actors
Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
directors made
I owe Bankhead a gift; she made a director out of me.
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.
fog action remember
I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
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.
people doe matter
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
actors action
I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
trying fields entertainment
The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.
actors hell ifs
When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.
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