"Whatever is noble about me comes from my mother and from Stella." - Marlon Brando

"You have to grow up to the fact that you are an actor. Your life is going to be a very big life. It’s going to be full of everything—pain, joy, everything—but it’s going to be big. You cannot afford to be small.

You have to understand that the theatre is a place of the gods. You don't go there to display your little petty ego or to get applause. You go there because you have something to say about the human condition that people need to hear.

If you are small inside, your acting will be small. If you are afraid of your own depth, your characters will be shallow. You must feed your soul every single day. Read, look at art, understand history, watch people on the street. Do not let the industry shrink you. Your talent is in your choices, and your choices come from your character. Be big enough to hold the truth of other human beings." 

Stella Adler

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