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" I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action. "
Elia Kazan
Say
Nothing
Actor
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" The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. "
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" I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up. "
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" I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. "
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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 was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor. "
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" You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual. "
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" I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show. "
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" The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate. "
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" Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? "
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" What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties. "
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Go
Way
Decision
" You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. "
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You
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Our
" You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. "
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Stay
Risk
" The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal. "
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Someone
Others
Dare
" I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist. "
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Bohemian
Person
Elitist
" Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it. "
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Miracle
Picture
Little
" I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. "
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Difficult
Dangerous
Come
" 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. "
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Taste
Communist
" A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. "
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Director
Going
Good
" I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action. "
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Important
Film
Action
" I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later. "
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Communist
Got
Party
" Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it. "
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Mystery
Will
Cool
" I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. "
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Fundamental
Peace
Price
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Hate
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" 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. "
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You
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Class
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