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

~Elia Kazan

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I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Agreeable Neither Nor Small

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

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Bought Fundamental Peace Price Value

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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

Topics: Bitter Communist Communist Party Member Party Police Police State State Taste Unforgettable

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

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Guy Like Me Most My Time Nice Nice Guy People Spend Time Used Would

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

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Every Little Miracle Picture Successful

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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Actor Fragile How Idea No Idea Self-Worth You

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I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Behind Believe Corrupts Ever Every Film Hollywood Made Political Power Power Corrupts Thinking Truly

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Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.

~Elia Kazan

Topics: Acting Actor Critic Criticizing Group He Often Very

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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

Topics: Betray Comrades Crawl Did Front Left Lie My Own Other Own Rather Soul Than Those Way Would

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: September 7th, 1909

Died: September 28th, 2003

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