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Elvis Presley... had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.

Marlon Brando

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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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I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.
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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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Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting I've ever seen is by ordinary people trying to show they feel something they don't, or trying to hide something. It's something everyone learns at an early age.
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It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.
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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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All I want to be is normally insane.
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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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Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?
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The military mind has one aim, and that is to make soldiers react as mechanically as possible. They want the same predictability in a man as they do in a telephone or a machine gun, and they train their soldiers to act as a unit, not as individuals.
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Never surrender to the momentum of mediocrity.
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There's a line in the picture where he snarls, 'Nobody tells me what to do.' That's exactly how I've felt all my life.
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Horror and moral terror are your friends.
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The close-up says everything.
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In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.
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If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.
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Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling.
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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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If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle.
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I put on an act sometimes, and people think I’m insensitive. Really, it’s like a kind of armor because I’m too sensitive. If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn’t like me, I’ve got to get out.
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Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.
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