Elia Kazan

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

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.

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

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

I love Hindi films.

I truly believe that fundamentalism stems from unemployment. A man without a job is desperate; he doesn't want to live anyway.