Marlon Brando (1924-2004)

Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in the history of cinema. His career spanned six decades, and he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTAs, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Brando is credited with being one of the first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method acting to mainstream audiences.

Quotes

I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous. Men are propelled by genetically ordained impulses over which they have no control to distribute thair seed.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem and to express it his dedication.

Acting
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.

Acting
Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

Miscellaneous
An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.

Acting
The more sensitive you are, the more likely you are to be brutalized, develop scabs and never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything because you always feel too much.

Miscellaneous
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.

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

Acting
An actor's a guy, who if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

Acting
If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

Acting, Television
Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

Money