My best film composing experience was with Elia Kazan.
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A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.
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I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.
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I'm going to make a film where not one word is really important. I'm going to make it all action.
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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.
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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.
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I may be getting old, but not foolish.
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I was always a self-conscious person.
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I think there should be collaboration, but under my thumb.
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A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do.
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I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
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Every picture that is successful has one little miracle in it.
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I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.
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The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.
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I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right.
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I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity.
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You can't just sit there and do the lines. You have to do something revealing or unusual.
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Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.
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I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
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I was very intense. I think it's a privilege to be an actor.
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You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.
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