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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.
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
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New York City
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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 relaxed in the world. You have chosen a field where you're going to be hurt to the blood. But to retreat from the pain is death
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You'll never really be great unless you aim high.
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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 use it for what you need.
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You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.
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I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen.
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You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.
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Your curse is that you have chosen a form that requires endless study .... It means you have to read, you have to observe, you have to think, so that when you turn your imagination on, it has the fuel to do its job.
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It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.
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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 had a happy moment as a child myself.
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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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You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life.
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Your talent is in your choice.
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Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
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It's not important to know who you are. It's important to know what you do, and then to do it like hercules!
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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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An addict is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.
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