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An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer. — Marlon Brando

People around me never say anything. They just seem to want to hear what I have to say. That's why I do all the talking. — Marlon Brando

This guy (Marlon Brando) - he'll be doing Hamlet when the rest of us are selling potatoes. — Humphrey Bogart

I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one. — Marlon Brando

I at least felt the obligation to speak clearly [in 'The last Tycoon']. This is pre-Brando and pre-James Dean. Nobody mumbled back then. — Matt Bomer

I really loved the idea of playing opposite Marlon Brando and being the crazy one. — Johnny Depp

My dad was my hero when I was a young boy. And then it's a toss-up between Han Solo, the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team, and Marlon Brando. — Martin Henderson

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes — Corey Taylor

But the people I admire have always been people like Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson and Jack Lemmon. — Evan Jones

I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money. — Marlon Brando

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying. — James Caan

Sometimes you just get the feeling that here it is 11o'clock in the morning and you're not in school. — Marlon Brando

Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity. — Marlon Brando

If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease. — Marlon Brando

an amaranthine valley of orange groves — Brando Skyhorse

All I want to be is normally insane. — Marlon Brando

An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening. — Marlon Brando

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show. — Elia Kazan

I value each woman for what she has to offer whether it be charm-beauty-wit-intelligence or humor but warmth is the quality I value most. — Marlon Brando

Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are. — Marlon Brando

I can still taste that first beer I bought with my own paycheck. — Marlon Brando

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda. — Eli Wallach

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner. — Marlon Brando

'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after 'The Simpsons' came out. — Eric Andre

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent. — Marlon Brando

The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility. — Marlon Brando

If the expenditure of money for entertainment in America is any indication of taste, clearly the majority of us are addicted to trash. — Marlon Brando

I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life — Marlon Brando

In being a loving son, I suppose I was trying to become a loved son. — Marlon Brando

It really don't matter what you're thinking about, as long as you're thinking about something. — Marlon Brando

Sometimes you wanna be James Bond, and sometimes you wanna be Marlon Brando until you realize you can't be either! — Albert Hammond Jr.

I only mean forty per cent of what I say. — Marlon Brando

I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse. — Marlon Brando

An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening! — Marlon Brando

Hollywood is run by Jews, it is owned by Jews ... — Marlon Brando

At Field Elementary School in Omaha, I'd been the only one in my class to flunk kindergarten; I don't remember why, — Marlon Brando

I believe I did what honor dictated and that belief sustains me, except for a slight desire to be dead which I'm sure will pass. — Marlon Brando

I've always found animals easy to love because their love is unconditional. They are trusting, loyal and undemanding except in wanting love in return. — Marlon Brando

The close-up says everything. — Marlon Brando

I have eyes like those of a dead pig. — Marlon Brando

Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox. — Marlon Brando

The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money. — Marlon Brando

... there was a saying that Marlon Brando changed the way actors acted, James Dean changed the way people lived. I believe that. — Martin Sheen

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite. — Marlon Brando

If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle. — Marlon Brando

[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait. — Roger Ebert

Well, Wildboy, I hope your future is filled with action and adventure! Write a book! I'll buy it! From — Brando Yelavich

Acting is an empty and usless profession. — Marlon Brando

It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on. — Barry Pepper

Marlon [Brando] showed me that you could do the work and not have to shut yourself off from people or your family. — Johnny Depp

We don't go anywhere. Going somewhere is for squares. We just go! — Marlon Brando

Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life. — Marlon Brando

My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean. — Larry Bishop

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives. — Marlon Brando

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them. — Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando said any guy can become an actor. It takes a real man to quit. — Clifton Davis

Regret is useless in life. It's in the past. All we have is now. — Marlon Brando

[...] I realize that to forgive with your mind is not always to forgive in your heart. — Marlon Brando

There is no elegy for those who have been dispossessed of their anger
what remains is a future carved out of banality instead of blood. — Brando Skyhorse

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando. — Gene Kelly

Most writers write haphazardly. The actor is fighting unjustified words all the time. — Marlon Brando

Too much success can ruin you as surely as too much failure. — Marlon Brando

Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together. — Uta Hagen

Marlon Brando is the most influential movie actor of the century. — Roger Ebert

Acting is all about big hair and funny props ... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it. — Harold Ramis

We only have so many faces in our pockets — Marlon Brando

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes. — Richard Donner

It's a long climb up Fools' Hill. — Marlon Brando

If I am duly compared to Marlon Brando at all, well, I can only think of The Teahouse of the 'Shanghai Noon,' that they're comparing me to that! — Tom Hardy

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication. — Marlon Brando

Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber? — Marlon Brando

I mean, the actors that I admired were Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, an actress named Barbara Harris. And Greta Garbo. They were great actors. — Robert De Niro

The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough ... to get the machine going. — Elia Kazan

I grew up watching Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Robert de Niro, and Al Pacino and even Robert Duvall and was impressed by their caliber of work. — Cole Hauser

A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando! — Rebecca Hall

Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings. — Marlon Brando

When you're a child, you think your family works in a straight line. Then you get older and find out where the curves are. — Brando Skyhorse

One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone. — Peter Bart

Brando's a family friend. His mother gave my father a shot to be in a play at the Omaha Community Playhouse. That was the first production he was in. — Peter Fonda

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation. — Bette Davis

I like Brando's acting ... and James Dean ... and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like. — Elvis Presley

The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront. — George A. Romero

I thank you for not snoring. — Marlon Brando

What might be a brave choice for you, for another person they may simply not experience fear. — Marlon Brando

Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet ... he is very easy to work for. — Marlon Brando

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine. — Marilyn Monroe

James Dean taught me not to speed, River Phoenix taught me not to DO speed, and Marlon Brando taught me to slow down on the cheeseburgers. — Emile Hirsch

I don't know what people expect when they meet me. They seem to be afraid that I'm going to piss in the potted palm and slap them on the ass. — Marlon Brando

Working with any actor is like working with a monkey. — Marlon Brando

Mafia is the best example of capitalism we have. — Marlon Brando

Real painters grunt like Marlon Brando — Margaret Atwood

[Marlon] Brando's a giant on every level. When he acts it's as if he landed from another planet. A planet where they produce great actors. — Al Pacino

It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek. — Marlon Brando

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around. — Michael Caine

When I grew into a teenager, I became obsessed with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Cliff, and James Dean. — William Forsythe

Every time you get knocked down you get up stronger. — Marlon Brando

I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good. — Lee Marvin

Only the one who walks his own way can't be overtaken. — Marlon Brando

Most of the time he [Marlon Brando] sounds like he has a mouth full of toilet paper. — Rex Reed

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity. — Marlon Brando