I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul.
From Elia Kazan
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.
I'm small, but I'm neither compliant nor agreeable.
Hey, you must be doin' good, 'cause I never hear from you.
The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.
I joined the Communist Party late in 1934. I got out a year and a half later.
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.
I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique.
The Communists automatically violated the daily practices of democracy to which I was accustomed.
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