Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose. - Elia Kazan - Quotesmemo.com

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Elia Kazan

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

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What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

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The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

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I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.

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Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

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Wonder is our need today, not information.

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New white people, you can't scare these white people, I tried.

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What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges. It may cause you grief, it may test your relationships and cause you to question your sanity, but you can do it! Yes, a fifty-seven year-old man can run across the United States and break a couple or records in the process. People of any age can accomplish what few others have done; we can endure the trials, overcome the obstacles, put up with the pain to realize our dreams. Why not try?

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