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Get a stage tone, darling, an energy. Never go on stage without your motor running.
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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. The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.
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The teacher has to inspire, to agitate. You cannot teach acting. You can only stimulate what's already there.
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The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.
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You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Emotions aren't doable. Actions are doable, and if you do them correctly, they prompt the feelings.
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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
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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.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Stella Adler
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Born:
February 10, 1901
Died:
December 21, 1992
(aged 91)
Bio:
Stella Adler was an American actress and acclaimed acting teacher. She founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City and Los Angeles with long-time protégée, actress Joanne Linville, who continues to teach Adler's technique.
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