Be innocent, wise and ninety-five.

— Stella Adler

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

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

— Stella Adler

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

— 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

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

The imagination is closer to the actor than real life-more agreeable, more comfortable.

— Stella Adler

The theater was created to tell people the truth about life and the social situation.

— Stella Adler

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

— Stella Adler