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Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will co...

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The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.

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

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film e...

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

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Elia Kazan

Producer

Born: 1909-09-07

Died: 2003-09-28

Elia Kazan (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American director, producer, writer, and actor, born in Turkey but of Greek ancestry, and described by The New York Times as "one of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history".More