People made suggestions, but, hell, I don't actually listen to anybody, I just go my own way. — 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
Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
The physical life of the scene is determined by whether the set squeezes people together or whether the set has an escape… — 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
The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their most private… — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get… — 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
