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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.

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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Anybody
Successful
Acting
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