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
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.
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.
goes-on different film
I won't go back to the theater. I like some of the things they're doing but it's different now, not something I could do. I'll go on making films the rest of my life.
important action film
I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
able actors film
I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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.
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.