“If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.”
“If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.”
Stella Adler
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. -- Stella Adler”
Sheana Ochoa, Stella! Mother of Modern Acting“The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.”
Stella Adler, Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov“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.”
Stella Adler, Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”
Stella Adler“The theatre was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.”
Stella Adler“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.”
Stella Adler“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.”
Stella Adler“life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one”
Stella Adler“Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.”
Harvey Keitel“If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.”
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