Stella Adler, The Art Of Acting Quotes

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.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

You'll never really be great unless you aim high.

Be innocent, wise and ninety-five.

No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good.

If you can't take both sides, it means you can only play yourself.

You cannot afford to confine your studies to the classroom. The universe and all of history is your classroom.

You should want to act only because you want to be led to something bigger in life.

You will fail. That's great. Here's a secret for you - that's the only way you can learn. Learning has to cost you something. If you fail but learn something from your failure, you will grow.

The thing that makes you say, "I want to do something" - that is the beginning of talent.