Acting is in everything but the words. Stella Adler More Quotes by Stella Adler More Quotes From Stella Adler Your talent is in your choice. Stella Adler talentchoices The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors. Stella Adler playwrightactorsideas 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 theatrewantplay I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen. Stella Adler egoqueenscountry No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good. Stella Adler actorsfeelslong 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. Stella Adler copyingplayneeds The most important thing you can teach actors is to understand plays. Stella Adler theatreimportantplay 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 sneakersclothesyears If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself. Stella Adler sidesplaymean 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. Stella Adler scentdoegiving The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation. Stella Adler situationtruthlifepeople
