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Famous Elia Kazan Quotes
“Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.”
Source: The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan
“I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.”
Source: Elia Kazan: A Life
“I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing.”
“Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.”
“I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.”
“I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.”
Source: The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan
“You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.”
Source: Kazan: the master director discusses his films : interviews with Elia Kazan