The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death. Stella Adler More Quotes by Stella Adler More Quotes From Stella Adler The actor has to develop his body. The actor has to work on his voice. But the most important thing the actor has to work on is his mind. Stella Adler voicemotivationalinspirational Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler crushmusiclife 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. Stella Adler jobsmeanthinking When you stand on the stage you must have a sense that you are addressing the whole world, and that what you say is so important the whole world must listen. Stella Adler actingimportantworld Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings. Stella Adler emotionactionfeelings When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about. Stella Adler realteachercharacter You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. Stella Adler experience Actors need a kind of aggression, a kind of inner force. Don't be only one-sided, sweet, nice, good. Get rid of being average. Find the killer in you. Stella Adler niceaveragesweet You'll begin to act when you can forget your technique - when it is so securely inside you that you need not call upon it consciously. Stella Adler forget-youtechniqueneeds The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation. Stella Adler greekmeanpeople You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing. Stella Adler failingifs 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. Stella Adler lonelinessheartchildren It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent. Stella Adler talenttheatreacting 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. Stella Adler actingrealworld You act with your soul. That's why you all want to be actors, because your souls are not used up by life. Stella Adler actorssoulwant 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. Stella Adler imaginationcharacterpast Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous. Stella Adler growththeatreactors One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap. Stella Adler actingimaginationway Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring. Stella Adler actorslife-isweather 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
