"A good director's not sure when he gets……" — Elia Kazan
"A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do."
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88 Quotes by Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan has 88 quotes on this site.
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You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
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The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
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I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's…
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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
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The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their…
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If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition
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Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.
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The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.
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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young,…
— Kevin Bacon
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The point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set…
— Christian Bale
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I've always believed that the director does whatever the hell he wants. That's what you sign on for as an…
— Christian Bale
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So yeah, a good director will be able to listen and hear everything, but have a confident vision of his…
— Christian Bale
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I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I…
— Antonio Banderas
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The stories that I want to tell, especially as a director, don't necessarily have a perfect ending because, the older…
— Drew Barrymore
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It's not just about acting. I love film, I'm a director now, I love writing, I love producing, I love…
— Drew Barrymore
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Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.
— Kate Beckinsale
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If you have a script that's not great, if you have a great director, you can make a great movie,…
— Monica Bellucci
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Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.
— Gael Garcia Bernal
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