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 actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and feelings.
Acting is in everything but the words.
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.
Acting can be the healthiest profession in the world, because it allows you to do things you can't do in real life. It allows you to understand more than just what life provides you.
One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.
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.
It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.
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 theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.
A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.
You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom.
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.
It's not important to know who you are. It's important to know what you do, and then to do it like hercules!
You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences. The actor cannot afford to look only to his own life for all his material nor pull strictly from his own experience to find his acting choices and feelings. The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors.