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 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 voice motivational inspirational Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler crush music life 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 jobs mean thinking 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 acting important world Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings. Stella Adler emotion action feelings The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death. Stella Adler excuse performances class 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 real teacher character 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 nice average sweet 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 greek mean people You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing. Stella Adler failing ifs 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 loneliness heart children It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent. Stella Adler talent theatre acting 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 acting real world 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 actors soul want 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 imagination character past Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous. Stella Adler growth theatre actors 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 acting imagination way Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring. Stella Adler actors life-is weather 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 choices feelings ideas
