Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr.was an American actor, film director, and activist. He is credited with bringing a gripping realism to film acting, and is often cited as one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time. He helped to popularize the Stanislavski system of acting, today more commonly referred to as method acting. Brando is most famous for his Academy Award-winning performances as Terry Malloy in On the Waterfrontand Vito Corleone in The Godfather, as well as influential performances...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 April 1924
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
It's a long climb up Fools' Hill.
It really don't matter what you're thinking about, as long as you're thinking about something.
Nobody "becomes" a character. You can't act unless you are who you are.
Ask most kids about details about Auschwitz or about how the American Indians were assassinated as a people and they don't know anything about it. They don't want to know anything. Most people just want their beer or their soap opera or their lullaby.
Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.
We don't go anywhere. Going somewhere is for squares. We just go!
I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.
If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle.
The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.
Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?
We only have so many faces in our pockets
The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
I have decided to tell the story of my life as best I can, so that my children can separate the truth from the myths that others have created about me, as myths are created about everyone swept up in the turbulent and distorting maelstrom of celebrity in our culture.
I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.