"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"
- Elia Kazan
About this Quote
In this quote, Elia Kazan is expressing his belief in defending oneself and staying real to one's own values, even in the face of pressure from others. He is describing his choice to affirm prior to your home Un-American Activities Committee throughout the Red Scare in the 1950s, which caused his ostracization by a number of his colleagues in the film industry. Kazan is stating that he would rather have spoken the reality and faced the effects than to have actually caved to the expectations of those who followed a stringent, dogmatic ideology. He sees his decision as an act of integrity, and the option - to have lied and rejected himself - as a betrayal of his soul.
This quote is written / told by Elia Kazan between September 7, 1909 and September 28, 2003. He was a famous Director from USA.
The author also have 54 other quotes.
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time"
