I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.
From Elia Kazan
I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.
I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.
I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
I spoke without fear of contradiction. I simply did not suffer self-doubt.
The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.
Acting... was the biggest charge I ever had. What other artist has it so good? Approval so quick?
I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.
I was always a self-conscious person.
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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