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Elia Kazan Quotes: The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
         

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.


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I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.



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The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.



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



The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.



Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.



Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.



Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.



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

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



You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.



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Wonder is our need today, not information.





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Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way.

Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way.



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I want you to answer this question: Why should you settle for anything less than an authentic conservative who will fight for your views and values without an apology? Think about that.



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Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.



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In a few hours one could cover that incalculable distance; from the winter country and homely neighbours, to the city where the air trembled like a tuning-fork with unimaginable possibilities.



And I am happy when I sing.

And I am happy when I sing.




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