In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and the secret of my success. All the rest is showiness, arrogance and conceit.
- Stella Adler
More Quotes By Stella Adler
When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world,... Acting can be the healthiest profession in the world, because it allows you to do things you can’t... You act with your soul. That’s why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not... Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come... When an acting teacher tells a student ‘that wasn’t honest work’ or ‘that didn’t seem real,’ what does... The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most... Your curse is that you have chosen a form that requires endless study …. It means you have... You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has... You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.
You’ll begin to act when you can forget your technique – when it is so securely inside you... You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.
Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don’t be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good.... Happy children should not try to be artists. You have to be born with a broken heart and... It’s not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.
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