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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 in a play. It's when you understand it. If you understand it, you'll know why you want to act.
Stella Adler
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Stella Adler
Age: 91 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 10
Died: 1992
Died: December 21
Actress
Drama Teacher
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
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When you most succeed, you do so by seeming not to act at all.
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Our heritage as actors goes back thousands of years, and we have to feel as comfortable in the clothes, and the language of Sophocles as we do in our sneakers.
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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 you to understand more than just what life provides you.
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Be innocent, wise and ninety-five.
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Your talent is in your choice.
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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 big, sweet, magnificent, young, potential artists. They have pulled you down so far that you are on the verge of destruction. Only you don't know it because you want to be a success
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The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.
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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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The play is not in the words, it’s in you!
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Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.
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