Best Stella Adler Quotes
- Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the… Actors
- Tell yourself that the world is outside, that it's not to be hidden from you, that you are going to thrust yourself forward and be… Blood
- Acting is in everything but the words. Acting
- You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom. Afford
- No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good. Actor
- If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself. Both
- The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on… Actor
- When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely… Acting
- Your talent is in your choice. Choice
- The play is not in the words, it’s in you! Funny
- Happy children should not try to be artists. You have to be born with a broken heart and a sense of loneliness inside. I never… Artist
- Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous. Actor
- Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring. Actors
- The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death. Class
- You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life. Act
- Today the influences of your society pressure you to be successful before your time. They are pulling you down. They have pulled you down, you… Artist
- Life in the theatre isn't necessarily when you get money from performing. It isn't when you sign a contract. It isn't even when you are… Act
- To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.' Actor
- I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen. Communist
- The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors. Actor
- The best author is a dead author, because he's out of your way and you own the play. Take what he has given you and… Author
- The ultimate aim of the training is to create an actor who can be responsible for his artistic development and achievement. Achievement
- The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation. Created
- The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his… Acting
- A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong. Body