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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 the stage.
Stella Adler
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Stella Adler
Age: 91 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 10
Died: 1992
Died: December 21
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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.
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Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings.
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Don’t use your conscious past. Use your creative imagination to create a past that belongs to your character. I don’t want you to be stuck with your own life. It’s too little.
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