Top 67 Quotes by Elia Kazan

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

There is only one thing I respect in so-called Broadway actors... and that is their competitive sense.

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

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

I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.

I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.

I was the true future. I understood Communism better than they did.

I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.

I was always a self-conscious person.

Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.