Stella Adler Quotes

The Most Important Thing You Can Teach Actors Is To Understand Plays.

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.

I Would Live In A Communist Country Providing I Was The Queen.

If You Can't Take Both Sides, It Means You Can Only Play Yourself.

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.

The Word Theatre Comes From The Greeks. It Means The Seeing Place.

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.

The Ideas Of The Great Playwrights Are Almost Always Larger Than The Experiences Of Even The Best Actors.

The Ultimate Aim Of The Training Is To Create An Actor Who Can Be Responsible For His Artistic Development And Achievement.

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.

No Actor Is A Success Unless He Feels Inside Himself, As Long As He Lives, That He Is Good.

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.