Top 67 Quotes by Elia Kazan

I was always a self-conscious person.

I have no spy stories to tell, because I saw no spies. Nor did I understand, at that time, any opposition between American and Russian national interest.

Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.

I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.

I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.

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

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.

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