Stella Adler: Awake and Dream! from "American Masters"

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• WA

  @warrenbfeagins · 7 years ago

  "You are NOT acting WORDS." Greatest lesson any actor can learn.

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• TH

  @ThePoorBoy · 10 years ago

  Seeing Stella chew out a young Ruffalo is priceless.<br><br>Unfortunately, a lot of today&apos;s acting teachers chew their students out without really giving them the tools to grow -- her approach was great for herself, but many of today&apos;s young actors are greatly damaged by teachers who think they&apos;re Stella Adler.

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• RY

  @ryang790 · 8 years ago (edited)

  I love when Mrs Adler said you dont own the words they are not ur privilege and the play is about ideas NOT words... You dont READ you FEEL.. you express. &nbsp;I wish this was longer i could take her in ALL day..People like this tend to be rare. People who talk deeper but it&apos;s put in simpler terms. I wouldnt try to sound clever for the sake of being clever in front of her. &nbsp;She wud prob ridicule you. Maybe alot of people have an idea of what acting is instead of acting??

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  @StrawberryNinjaNibbles · 7 years ago

  I think it’s interesting that the actress she thought was “brilliant” around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yo4BLH87YY&amp;t=2700">45:00</a> is the one that was acting in a fashion most similar to Stella’s herself....

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• TH

  @TheCSTERN · 3 years ago

  Studied with her, Sanford Meisner, Gene Frankle and Robert X Modica, and she taught me the most and made me the great teacher I&apos;ve become.

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• DE

  @devorahcutler-rubenstein7257 · 9 years ago

  Well said. &nbsp;Results are not where it is at. &nbsp;Fame is not the goal... touching down on your truth, you move people. &nbsp;If you are lucky, you are found and, if you are unlucky you are found.<br>So do it for yourself, and the glory of expanding your reach within the world. &nbsp;One or many - art changes our perceptions. &nbsp;She was amazing. &nbsp;And changed my life!

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• NY

  @nyctravis3381 · 10 years ago

  Youtube brings so many interesting films I would not have ordinarily sought out

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• PH

  @Phulumutsa · 8 years ago

  I am an actor based in South Africa and this just awaken me.

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• PA

  @parathink · 1 year ago

  I&apos;m repeating that phrase yet again, &quot;You are NOT acting WORDS!!!&quot;

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• OS

  @OsagieGuobadia · 1 year ago

  1988, the year when this documentary happens. : )

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• SA

  @savedfaves · 9 years ago

  She pushed herself quite hard, clearly. But still lived to 91. Goes to show.

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• MI

  @missyogi · 9 years ago

  I really don&apos;t like emotional memory, it digs some bad things on your brain, I&apos;d rather use imagination, that&apos;s why her method is inspiring to me

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