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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

The most repulsive thing you could ever imagine is the inside of a camel's mouth. That and watching a girl eat octopus or squid. — Marlon Brando

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

There's a line in the picture where he (Johnny - The Wild One) snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life. — 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

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

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

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

Acting is an empty and usless profession. — Marlon Brando

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

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

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

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

'Whatever it takes' is my opinion of method acting and, indeed, any other kind of acting. Look at Brando and De Niro. But it's not my cup of tea. — Ian Holm

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

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

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

I have eyes like those of a dead pig. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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