Quotes from Stella Adler

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.

A junkie is someone who uses their body to tell society that something is wrong.

Be innocent, wise and ninety-five.

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 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 actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage.

The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.

You have to get beyond your own precious inner experiences.