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Marlon Brando
Age: 80 †
Born: 1924
Born: April 3
Died: 2004
Died: July 1
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Omaha
Nebraska
Marlon Brando Jr.
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Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?
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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.
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The four pillars of wisdom that support journalistic endeavors are: lies, stupidity, money-grubbing, and ethical irresponsibility.
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Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.
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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.
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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.
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Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed. But if there is someone who is convinced that Jack Nicholson and I are lovers, may they continue to do so. I find it amusing.
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Regret is useless in life. It's in the past. All we have is now.
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What might be a brave choice for you, for another person they may simply not experience fear.
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Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.
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Horror and moral terror are your friends.
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(...the non-conformist, how do you keep from getting scarred?)/i don’t! i got a scar here…and uh i got a scar on my knee…and uh a few scars on my soul.
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Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.
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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.
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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.
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We only have so many faces in our pockets
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I only mean forty per cent of what I say.
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An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.
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In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.
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The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.
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