Acting… was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? approval so quick? — Elia Kazan
For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the american communists. — Elia Kazan
I don’t remember anything anybody said in any jack ford picture. Nothing happens except action. — Elia Kazan
I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this. — Elia Kazan
I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice. — Elia Kazan
I like directors who come on the set and create something that’s a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. — Elia Kazan
I question the value of stars. I think they’re overrated. They get too much money, too much praise. — Elia Kazan
I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in hollywood. — Elia Kazan
I was an outsider… but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up — Elia Kazan
I was even superior to the communists and when they didn’t go along with me, I quit them. — Elia Kazan
I was taken in by what might be called the hard times version of the communists’ advertising or recruiting technique. — Elia Kazan
I’m going to make a film where not one word is really important. I’m going to make it all action. — Elia Kazan
I’ve lost many of my best friends… I’m going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends. — Elia Kazan
Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. — Elia Kazan
The belief that the good in american society will finally win out… I don’t believe any more. — Elia Kazan