"Life is boring. The weather is boring. Actors must not be boring."

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Source : Stella Adler (2012). “Stella Adler on America's Master Playwrights: Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Clifford Odets, William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Arthur Miller, Edward Albee”, p.11, Vintage

Stella Adler

#Weather Quotes #Actors Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I've decided to make my main priority for the next two years not playing the violin, but training for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.”
“Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could be giving you different views of the character; the emotional highlights of a moment.”

Source : Interview with Pati Buehler, www.broadwayworld.com. June 13, 2004.
“A garden is to be a world unto itself, it had better make room for the darker shades of feeling as well as the sunny ones.”
“Love God, Embrace beauty, Live life to the fullest.”
“The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!”
“Man would not be man if his dreams did not exceed his grasp... If I remember the sunflower forest it is because from its hidden reaches man arose. The green world is his sacred center. In moments of sanity he must still seek refuge there...”

Source : Loren Eiseley (2016). “The Invisible Pyramid: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.8, Library of America
“Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.”

Source : Song: Scarecrow's Dream, Album: Nether Lands, 1977
“I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.”

Source : "Paul Merton: 'Am I allowed to call myself working-class now?'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. May 16, 2011.

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