Best Elia Kazan Sayings
- I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up. Outsider
- Anybody who informs on other people is doing something disturbing and even disgusting. Anybody
- I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique. Advertising
- 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… Bitter
- A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people. Desperate
- A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. Director
- I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice. Admiring
- I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. All
- I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies. Bought
- I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity. Academy
- 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… Betray
- The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end. Ahead
- Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it. Cool
- Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? Acting
- Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you. Cause
- I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action. Action
- I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am. Build
- I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later. Communist
- I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show. Becoming
- I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb. Collaboration
- I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action. Action
- Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its… Death
- The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed. Accustomed
- The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up. Entertainment
- 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… Actor