Marlon Brando — "An actor is at most a poet and at least a traffic cop."
An actor is at most a poet and at least a traffic cop.
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"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent."
"I thank you for not snoring."
"I don't believe in regret. I think it's a waste of time."
"I think that the only way to grow is to challenge yourself."
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About Marlon Brando (1924-2004)
American actor whose A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and On the Waterfront (1954) defined Method acting and reshaped 20th-century film performance. Closely associated with James Dean (Method-acting peer and protégé) and Montgomery Clift (Method contemporary and friend). For an intellectual contrast, see Laurence Olivier, British classical-trained actor — Olivier's technical, externally-constructed approach to acting is the precise opposite of the Method's emotional-recall internalism — the canonical 'Method vs classical' binary 20th-century acting pedagogy is organized around. Olivier reportedly told a frustrated Hoffman: 'Try acting, my dear boy'.
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