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Elia Kazan

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I was always a self-conscious person.


— Elia Kazan


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I was both very successful and very left; the living demonstration of how you could be on the left and still be in the gossip columns and be envied for the money you made.


— Elia Kazan


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I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.


— Elia Kazan


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I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.


— Elia Kazan


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


— Elia Kazan


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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.


— Elia Kazan


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I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.


— Elia Kazan


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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.


— Elia Kazan


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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.


— Elia Kazan


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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 a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.


— Elia Kazan


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Did you know about Elia Kazan?

His second marriage to the actress Barbara Loden lasted from 1969 until her death in 1980 and produced one son. Bright as they come intrepid and with that thing all women secretly respect: complete confidence in his sexual powers confidence so great that he never had to advertise himself even by hints. His father became a rug merchant after emigrating to the United States and expected that his son would go into the family business.

Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations resulting in nine wins. "A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed received 12 Oscar nominations winning 4 and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role. He became "one of the consummate filmmakers of the 20th century" after directing a string of successful films including A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) On the Waterfront (1954) and East of Eden (1955).

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