3 December 2020 Elia Kazan I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors… and that is their competitive sense.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan Miller didn’t write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That’s the measure of its merit.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan 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.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan The belief that the good in American society will finally win out… I don’t believe any more.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
3 December 2020 Elia Kazan The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don’t dare reveal.
