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
acting groups actors
Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
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
acting realistic poetry-is
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
acting dollars nasty
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.
artist appreciate acting
Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
glad
I've been ratting on myself all these years and I didn't know it. I'm glad what I done.
american-director relationship
Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything.
american-director life months six stay
You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
american-director brando heard machine walk
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.
communists
I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.
directors film problem
I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director.
kids guy age
With kids you can take a chance but casting a guy at 45 is different. You don't discover somebody that age. If an actor hasn't made it by that time he probably has no talent.
tvs film made
TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can be.
home people house
The thing with films is that you have to make something that will get people out of their houses, away from the TV set. You must touch people, say something. Otherwise, they'll stay at home.