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 More Quotes by Stella Adler More Quotes From Stella Adler You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. 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 choices and feelings. The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors. Stella Adler choicesfeelingsideas The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable. Stella Adler actorsrealimagination Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word. Stella Adler sizeactorsjobs By taking elements you observe in life, you can develop qualities in your acting life that you don't ordinarily call upon in your personal life. Stella Adler elementsqualityacting An addict is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong. Stella Adler addictionbodyuse Be innocent, wise and ninety-five. Stella Adler ninetyinnocentwise It's not important to know who you are. It's important to know what you do, and then to do it like hercules! Stella Adler importantidentitylife 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. Stella Adler arrogancewho-i-amsecret To grow: that is your deepest and truest need when you say, 'I want to be an actor.' Stella Adler actorswantneeds The play is not in the words, it’s in you! Stella Adler theatreplay 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 Stella Adler artistsuccessfulsweet Acting is in everything but the words. Stella Adler acting When you most succeed, you do so by seeming not to act at all. Stella Adler seemingsucceed 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 Stella Adler painhurtblood The theatre-acting, creating, interpreting - means total involvement, the totality of heart, mind and spirit. Stella Adler creatingheartmean The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time. Stella Adler raystheatrespiritual You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom. Stella Adler worldlinessclassroomstudy You'll never really be great unless you aim high. Stella Adler aim-highaim 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 stagepassionactors The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. Stella Adler theatregreekmean
