"Happy children should not try to be artists. You have to be born with a broken heart and a sense of loneliness inside. I never had a happy moment as a child myself."

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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.87, Vintage

Stella Adler

#Children Quotes #Loneliness Quotes #Heart Quotes

“I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I dont know if I feel a responsibility to encourage women, I just do! Yes, I think all of us chicks should be inspired and create! In whatever way that inspiration comes, we should shine! Honestly, I feel the same way about men.”
“It's not that I'm so smart,”
“I think people will be curious to see what I can do as a dramatic actor.”
“We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond repair.”
“My son complains about headaches. I tell him all the time, when you get out of bed, it's feet first!”
“I won't rewrite on set, but I'll just trim the fat.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The urge to discover, to invent, to know the unknown, seems so deeply human that we cannot imagine our history without it.”

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