Elia Kazan Quotes

Every fighter has one fight that makes or breaks him.
Elia Kazan

Fight, Him, Makes

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.
Elia Kazan

Decision, Difficult, Either

I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
Elia Kazan

Fear, Simply, Suffer

I may be getting old, but not foolish.
Elia Kazan

May, Old, Getting

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
Elia Kazan

Difficult, Dangerous, Create

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.
Elia Kazan

Time, Nice, Used

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
Elia Kazan

Struggling, Outsider, Struggled

Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting.
Elia Kazan

Anybody, Disturbing, Disgusting

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
Elia Kazan

Before, Secret, Playing

I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
Elia Kazan

Peace, Value, Price

I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
Elia Kazan

Hard, Times, Might

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

Lie, Soul, Betray

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
Elia Kazan

Art, Someone, Others

To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable.
Elia Kazan

State, Bitter, Police

A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
Elia Kazan

Matter, Film, Desperate

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
Elia Kazan

Good, Sure, Director

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
Elia Kazan

Good, Acting, Artist

Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.
Elia Kazan

Successful, Picture, Miracle

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
Elia Kazan

Thinking, After, American

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.
Elia Kazan

Good, Hear, Cause

I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
Elia Kazan

Confidence, Maybe, Looks

I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action.
Elia Kazan

Nothing, Remember, Said

I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am.
Elia Kazan

Life, Group, Theatre

I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this.
Elia Kazan

Hate, Career, Giving

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

Time, Understand, Between

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: September 7, 1909

Died: September 28, 2003

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