Creative Quotations from Marlon Brando (1924-2004)

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Marlon Brando
(1924-2004) born on Apr 03

US actor. He is a controversial and acclaimed actor who won Oscars for "On the Waterfront," 1954 and "The Godfather," 1972.

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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.

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

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. . . . The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.

It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way.

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	Quoted in: David Shipman, Marlon Brando, ch. 1 (1974; rev. 1989).
R:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
A:	Quoted in: Gary Carey, Marlon Brando: The Only Contender, ch. 13 (1985). Brando talked of giving up acting for directing One-Eyed Jacks in 1960.
N:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.
K:	In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.