"The thing about Brando was that I'd make……" — Elia Kazan
"The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going."
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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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I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
— Michael Caine
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I travel to work on my motorcycle, so it's jeans, boots and a brown Aero leather jacket that weighs as…
— Hugh Laurie
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I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back. If you are going to have any chance of…
— Rupert Friend
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I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do…
— Dylan McDermott
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If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
— Gene Kelly
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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I…
— James Dean
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Marlon Brando said any guy can become an actor. It takes a real man to quit.
— Unknown Author
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I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched…
— John Forsythe
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A 'death mirror' held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A 'high'…
— Kenneth Anger
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It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
— Richard Donner
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I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays,…
— Ansel Elgort
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Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.
— Marilyn Monroe
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