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Published on Aug 9, SlideShare Explore Search You. See our Privacy Policy and User Agreement for details. See our User Agreement and Privacy Policy. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Start by pressing the button below! Acting for Film Home Acting for Film. If you own the copyright to this book and it is wrongfully on our website, we offer a simple DMCA procedure to remove your content from our site. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Stella, you see, taught me how a play was built, how ideas were inserted as if they were bricks and windows and cornices and buttresses how characters were inserted to allow light or shadow or a better view how a playwright transmitted thoughts and ideas, and how actors were then empowered, required, to pick up those thoughts and ideas and transmit them to both their fellow players and to an audience. Marlon Brando famously said about Stella Adler: " I no longer know how to read or to study or to think or to memorize without inviting Stella into my consciousness. Stella Adler was from an acting dynasty, but she was also part of the legendary Group Theatre, which saw the rise of people like Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Cheryl Crawford, Bobby Lewis, and Harold Clurman - as well as many many others.
