Stella Adler Quotes About Acting Teachers
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When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about.
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The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.
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The word theatre comes from the Greeks. It means the seeing place.
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The theatre is a spiritual and social X-ray of its time.
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