Stella Adler
Stella Adler
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 longtime protégée, actress Joanne Linville, who continues to teach Adler's technique. Her grandson Tom Oppenheim now runs the school in New York City, which has produced alumni such as Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Elaine Stritch, Kate Mulgrew, Kipp Hamilton, and Jenny Lumet...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth10 February 1901
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place.
Our heritage as actors goes back thousands of years, and we have to feel as comfortable in the clothes, and the language of Sophocles as we do in our sneakers.
Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous.
When you most succeed, you do so by seeming not to act at all.
The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.
Your talent is in your choice.
If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.
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.
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.
The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.
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.
The theatre-acting, creating, interpreting - means total involvement, the totality of heart, mind and spirit.
The ultimate aim of the training is to create an actor who can be responsible for his artistic development and achievement.
The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.