Zoe Kazan Interview (Part 2)

Actress Zoe Kazan talks about her illustrious industry family -- including her grandfather, renowned stage and film director Elia Kazan -- and how her name has impacted her career.

[nightbird]

I watched A Streetcar Named Desire when I was an early teen. I didn't understand it entirely, but, I knew I was experiencing something phenomenal.

[AN-cyxm]

This was heavy duty. She's just a granddaughter, he's just her grandfather. This is all really complicated with principles mixed with ambitions, politics mixed with being able to make films, America mixed with an immigrant mentality...and just so much more. My family was personally affected by HUAC, many people were. There are parallels to today with "cancel culture" vs. "populism" and "authoritarianism". Many politicians on the scene today remind me of McCarthy. But...naming names always seemed like a pretty damn bad choice. To me. Not to Eliza Kazan. So he named names.

[saraa]

"Nepotism?...I don't really think it has anything to do with me. It's a way to make themselves feel better."

Delusion is a powerful thing.

[jones]

Love her and her work but, sorry, no sale. The price paid by people who did not cooperate and 'name, names' was/is a lot steeper than having people 'sit on their hands' at an honorary award.
I get it, that's her grand dad. But, there are a lot of people who have grand dads/moms, relatives and friends who suffered because they refused to do what he did. Let's remember and honor them.

[irvos]

it IS nepotism. And her granddad had no moral standards.

[saraa]

I get it, he was her frail grandfather. But the bottom line was he BETRAYED his peers. Art and politics are not separate. It's easy to live in a bubble.

[gennadysushkevich]

"If you want to blame someone, blame McCarthy"

[aqualcunopiaceclassico]

An artisti needs to work, Zoe because of your dad hundreds of artists lose their jobs. Where is their honorary oscar?