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Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan (born Elias Kazantzoglou, September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was 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".

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.
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Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.
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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.
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There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money, that there was a police state among the Left element in Hollywood and Broadway.
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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
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I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.
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