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 revealing
You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.
history performance
If there is a better performance by a man in the history of film, I don't know what it is.
maybe
I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
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.