Marlon Brando

Film & Theater USA 1924 – 2004 99 quotes

Method acting pioneer in A Streetcar Named Desire, Brando's raw intensity birthed quotable lines like 'Stella!'.

Quotes by Marlon Brando

You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

On the Waterfront 1954

Stella! Hey, Stella!

A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.

The Godfather 1972

The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.

Interview

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

Interview

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be our brother's executioner.

Academy Awards Acceptance Speech (read by Sacheen Littlefeather) 1973

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite for my survival.

Interview 1979

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life.

Interview

I don't mind being a public icon, but I don't want to be a public nuisance.

Interview

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.

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Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

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I've always been a person who's been drawn to the underdog.

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The only thing that matters is what you do with your life, not what you say about it.

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I'm not a method actor. I'm just an actor.

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The more sensitive you are, the more you are subject to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.

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I don't think there's any such thing as a good actor. There are only actors who are good in certain parts.

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If you're going to be a movie star, you've got to be a movie star.

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I've always been a rebel. I've always been a loner.

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I don't believe in happy endings. I believe in happy beginnings.

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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

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