The 88+ Elia Kazan Quotes

I Didn't Have The Problem Of Finding Myself At 45 On The Wrong Course - I Always Wanted To Be A Film Director.

I Won't Go Back To The Theater. I Like Some Of The Things They're Doing But It's Different Now, Not Something I Could Do. I'll Go On Making Films The Rest Of My Life.

There Aren't Many Male Stars - That's A Loose Term - Like Kirk [douglas] Around. Most Of Those Virile Personalities Have To Keep Working, Continue The Image Because They Can't Do Anything Else. They Don't Even Read. Their Real Identity Is In Making Those Pictures. They Have To Keep Jumping On Horses And Hitting Somebody On The Head With A Gun.

I'm Very Pro-america, But I Feel It Necessary To Keep In Touch With Europe To Maintain A Perspective.

I Left The Theater; I Literally Left To Begin A New Life.

Very Often The Group Actor Is A Critic When He's Acting And An Actor When He's Criticizing.

The Belief That The Good In American Society Will Finally Win Out... I Don't Believe Any More.

I Want To Thank The Academy For Its Courage And Generosity.

I Would Rather Do What I Did Than Crawl In Front Of A Ritualistic Left And Lie The Way Those Other Comrades Did Betray My Own Soul.

For Years After I Resigned, I Was Still Faithful To Their Way Of Thinking. But Not In The American Communists.

I Owe Bankhead A Gift; She Made A Director Out Of Me.

You Have No Idea How Fragile An Actor's Self-worth Is.