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Stella Adler Quotes: 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.
         

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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Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.



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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.



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 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.



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.

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.



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.

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.



You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.



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.

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.




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.

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.



It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.

It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.





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