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
play conviction motion-pictures
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
people together determined
The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape place in it.
self-worth ideas actors
You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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.
organization police doubt
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.
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.