Elia Kazan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything.”

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

“You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.”

“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.”

“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.”

“What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.”

“I may be getting old, but not foolish.”

“The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.”

“I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.”

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