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Acting Quote by Elia Kazan

“Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.” quote by Elia Kazan — Download Open image

“Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.”

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The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

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I didn't have the problem of finding myself at 45 on the wrong course - I always wanted to be a film director.

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Never underestimate the narcissism of a writer.

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What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

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You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.

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I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.

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If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition

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I value peace, too, when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

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There was no doubt that there was a vast organization which was making fools of all the liberals in Hollywood and taking their money,…

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The makers of entertainment must try, in our field, to be honest and grown-up.

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I'm very pro-America, but I feel it necessary to keep in touch with Europe to maintain a perspective.

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Once I committed to acting, this has been it.

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