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

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

Interview

The only thing that's good is what's kind.

Interview

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

Interview

The only thing that's evil is what's cruel.

Interview

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

Interview

The only thing that's ugly is what's false.

Interview

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

Interview

The only thing that's superficial is what's shallow.

Interview

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

Interview

The only thing that's simple is what's clear.

Interview

An actor's a guy who, if you're lucky, he can play a character. If you're even luckier, he can change one.

Interview 1970

Too much success can ruin you as surely as too little.

Interview 1954

The only way to act is to act from within.

Speech 1951

Privacy is something that people can be bribed to give up.

Autobiography 1994

Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.

Interview 1960

I've never had any respect for Hollywood. It stands for everything I despise.

Interview 1972

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Speech 1980

Most people are so completely identified with their names that they think they are their names.

Autobiography 1994

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in Hollywood.

Letter 1955

The only thing that can save us is a revolution.

Speech 1968