"I was not what you'd call a first-class……" — Elia Kazan

"I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right."

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88 Quotes by Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan has 88 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.
The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.
I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.
I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's…
Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
The camera is more than a recorder, it's a microscope. It penetrates, it goes into people and you see their…
If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition
Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.
The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more.
The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.
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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As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New… — Kevin Bacon
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different… — Kevin Bacon
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. — Kevin Bacon
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
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