“You should want to act only because you want to be led to something bigger in life.”
Source: The Art of Acting
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Source: The Art of Acting
“The thing that makes you say, "I want to do something" - that is the beginning of talent.”
Source: The Art of Acting
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent.”
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“Acting is in everything but the words.”
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place.”
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”
Source: Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel