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Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?


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ANSEL ELGORT I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.
ELIA KAZAN Marlon Brando said any guy can become an actor. It takes a real man to quit.
CLIFTON DAVIS When I grew into a teenager, I became obsessed with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Cliff, and James Dean.
WILLIAM FORSYTHE I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.
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ROBERT DE NIRO Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.
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SAM ROCKWELL Barbra Streisand, for one, is one of my idols. I've listened to her since I was a little kid - t...
IDINA MENZEL It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
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JOHN FORSYTHE [Brando (] Bless him, ... I said I don't know, sometimes two, sometimes three.
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JULIE CHEN I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do t...
DYLAN MCDERMOTT I love Barbra Streisand. Anybody who knows me knows I just love her, love her, love her!
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HAROLD COWART I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.
BENICIO DEL TORO I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.
BENICIO TORO Bob is the finest human being I have ever known. He was my everything and I will love him forever.
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EDDIE MARSAN I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.
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HUMPHREY BOGART I never thought of acting as a creative process. Christ, I used to go to the movies and see Brando t...
KRIS KRISTOFFERSON I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando w...
JOAN COLLINS When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.
NAMIE AMURO He and Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift — the three of them — represented a new age in acting....
JOHN TRAVOLTA As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like ...
RYAN GOSLING According to Johnny Carson, I was the guy who Marlon sent out to do all the dirty work.
JIM FOWLER Actors are always identified with certain parts. To some, Marlon Brando will always be the Godfather...
LORETTA SWIT [Barbra Streisand submits the unreleased] I Believe, ... I Will Not Be Broken.
BONNIE RAITT Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
UTA HAGEN When I was 13, I looked like I could play 16, and I wasn't mature enough to play 16.
HAILEE STEINFELD As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs ...
PATRICIA HEATON Brando represented a reaction against the postwar mania for security. As a protagonist, the Brando o...
PAULINE KAEL The character of Annie Doultry is plainly a self-portrait of Brando. There are transcripts of confer...
DAVID THOMSON As far as female vocalists, I love Heart, Joan Jett, Courtney Love, Laura Branigan, Linda Ronstadt, ...
FERGIE I always said it was to be dumb enough to do what Marlon Perkins said to do.
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FERRAN ADRIA I'd love to work with Missy Elliott. I'd love to work with Bonnie Raitt. I'd love, love,...
JILL SCOTT I was born to hit a baseball. I can hit a baseball.
BARRY BONDS It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on.
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BOYD HOLBROOK When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy,...
PIA TOSCANO It's not going to stop me from getting my job done, ... I played with it against the Rams (last Sund...
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DAVID THOMSON I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De N...
ANGELA BASSETT When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete i...
BOB GIBSON When I was playing I never wished I was doing anything else. I think being a professional athlete is...
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AYUMI HAMASAKI When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a...
OMARI HARDWICK I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, b...
VINCE CABLE Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.
KEVYN AUCOIN The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, ...
AYUMI HAMASAKI If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hus...
MARLON BRANDO Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
MARLON BRANDO To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and ...
MARLON BRANDO I have eyes like those of a dead pig.
MARLON BRANDO Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that'...
MARLON BRANDO The only thing an actor owes his public is not to bore them.
MARLON BRANDO Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.
MARLON BRANDO I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.
MARLON BRANDO The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money.
MARLON BRANDO To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to e...
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MARLON BRANDO I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
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