The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. Elia Kazan More Quotes by Elia Kazan More Quotes From Elia Kazan 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. Elia Kazan hellactorsknows A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. Elia Kazan doedirectorspeople I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. Elia Kazan hard-timestechniquetaken 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 Elia Kazan actingmotivationalinspirational 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. Elia Kazan dollarsnastyacting I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends. Elia Kazan my-best-friendcriticslost The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more. Elia Kazan usawinningbelieve I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did. Elia Kazan understoodcommunism I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest. Elia Kazan spysawsstories The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end. Elia Kazan red-lipstickendsworld I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul. Elia Kazan betrayalsoullying You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. Elia Kazan responsibilitystrugglepeople 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. Elia Kazan determinedtogetherpeople I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. Elia Kazan academygenerositywant You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is. Elia Kazan actorsself-worthideas Criticism- a big bite out of someone's back. Elia Kazan bitesbigscriticism Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept. Elia Kazan degreescirclesdirectors I left the theater; I literally left to begin a new life. Elia Kazan lefttheaternew-life Truth gets buried, that's why people write autobiographies. Elia Kazan buriedwritingpeople 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. Elia Kazan filmdifferentgoes-on
