“With kids you can take a chance but casting a guy at 45 is different. You don't discover somebody that age. If an actor hasn't made it by that time he probably has no talent.” IfsMadeDifferentKidsAgeGuyActorsChanceTalentMade ItCastingTake A Chance Author:Elia Kazan
“When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on.” IfsKnowsActorsHell Author:Elia Kazan
“It's difficult, if not impossible, to get away with anything false before the camera. That instrument penetrates the husk of the actor; it reveals what's truly happening - if anything, if nothing. A close-up demands absolute truth. It's a severe and awesome truth” IfsInspirationalMotivationalActorsDifficultActingImpossibleDemandHappeningsAbsolutesCamerasInstrumentsGet AwaySeverePenetrateAbsolute Truth Book:Elia Kazan: A Life Source: Elia Kazan: A Life
“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.” IfsActingMinutesStageThousandPaidDollarsDamnExposedNastyOne Minute Author:Elia Kazan
“Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.” IfsActorsDirectorsBlessedSandy Author:Elia Kazan
“If you're going to play a cowboy, show up with the horse at the audition” IfsPlayShowsHorseAuditionsCowboy Author:Elia Kazan
“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.” IfsGivingFeelsYearsBelieveFilmHateI BelieveInterestCareersGiving UpI HateI Believe InCommunistFeels Right Author:Elia Kazan
