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> [Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/your-job-as-actors-is-to-understand-the-size-of-what-you-say-to/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

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## More by Stella Adler

> [Acting is in everything but the words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/acting-is-in-everything-but-the-words/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/to-grow-that-is-your-deepest-and-truest-need-when-you-say-i-want-to/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/the-actor-has-to-develop-his-body-the-actor-has-to-work-on-his-voice/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [Our heritage as actors goes back thousands of years, and we have to feel as comfortable in the clothes, and the language of Sophocles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/our-heritage-as-actors-goes-back-thousands-of-years-and-we-have-to/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [Your curse is that you have chosen a form that requires endless study … It means you have to read, you have to observe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/your-curse-is-that-you-have-chosen-a-form-that-requires-endless-study/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/if-you-can-t-take-both-sides-it-means-you-can-only-play-yourself/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [“That spark has to be kept alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/that-spark-has-to-be-kept-alive/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/it-s-not-enough-to-have-talent-you-have-to-have-a-talent-for-your/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [It's not important to know who you are. It's important to know what you do, and then to do it like hercules!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/it-s-not-important-to-know-who-you-are-it-s-important-to-know-what/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/your-job-as-actors-is-to-understand-the-size-of-what-you-say-to/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/you-ll-begin-to-act-when-you-can-forget-your-technique-when-it-is-so/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/life-is-boring-the-weather-is-boring-actors-must-not-be-boring/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/the-word-theatre-comes-from-the-greeks-it-means-the-seeing-place-it/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/you-act-with-your-soul-that-s-why-you-all-want-to-be-actors-because/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

> [Acting can be the healthiest profession in the world, because it allows you to do things you can't do in real life. It allows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stella-adler/acting-can-be-the-healthiest-profession-in-the-world-because-it/)

[Stella Adler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stella-adler/)

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