A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
TV has made us get down to the nub and new films will begin to live up to what the medium can… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I won't go back to the theater. I like some of the things they're doing but it's different now, not something I… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
One final thing a director needs: The ability to say 'I am wrong' or 'I was wrong.' Not as easy as it… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The thing with films is that you have to make something that will get people out of their houses, away from the… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money,… — Elia Kazan Copy Share
The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
I'm very pro-America, but I feel it necessary to keep in touch with Europe to maintain a perspective. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals… — Elia Kazan Copy Share
For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive. — Elia Kazan Copy Share
![“Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept.” quote by Elia Kazan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e73/elia-kazan-6753_360-degrees_some-directors-like-stevens-george-steve_644576.jpg)
