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 - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel (ed. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000) - ISBN: 9781476845623