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

— Elia Kazan

#decencies #fundamental #i #peace #price

[A]dventures befall the unadventurous as readily, if not as frequently, as the bold. Adventures are a logical and reliable result - and have been since at least the time of Odysseus - of the fatal act of leaving one's home, or trying to return to it again. All adventures happen in that damned and magical space, wherever it may be found or chanced upon, which least resembles one's home. As soon as you have crossed your doorstep or the county line, into that place where the structures, laws, and conventions of your upbringing no longer apply, where the support and approval (but also the disapproval and repression) of your family and neighbors are not to be had: then you have entered into adventure, a place of sorrow, marvels, and regret. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#freedom #repression #family

Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick? ↗

— Elia Kazan

#approval #artist #biggest #charge #ever

Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#little #miracle #picture #successful

Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#doin #good #hear #hey #i

I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#because #build #building #gave #group

I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#believe #career #communists #defend #defending

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise. ↗

— Elia Kazan

#i #i think #money #much #overrated

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

#columns #could #demonstration #envied #gossip

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

— Elia Kazan

#communists #even #go #i #i quit