Marlon Brando Quotes

"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent."

"It's the hardest thing in the world to accept a 'little' success and leave it that way."

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

"I have eyes like those of a dead pig."

"He's the kind of guy that when he dies, he's going up to heaven and give God a bad time for making him bald."

"With women, I've got a long bamboo pole with a leather loop on the end. I slip the loop around their necks so they can't get away or come too close. Like catching snakes."

"I went home and did some rehearsing to satisfy my curiosity about whether I could play an Italian. I put on some makeup, stuffed Kleenex in my cheeks, and worked out the characterization first in front of a mirror, then on a television monitor. After working on it, I decided I could create a characterization that would support the story. The people at Paramount saw the footage and liked it, and that's how I became the Godfather."

"Kowalski was always right, and never afraid. He never wondered, he never doubted. His ego was very secure. And he had the kind of brutal agressiveness that I hate. I'm afraid of it. I detest the character. (his feelings about one of his most famous characters, Stanley Kowalski from 'A Streetcar Named Desire')"

"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."

"I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money."

"My mind is always soothed when I imagine myself sitting on my South Sea island at night,"

"If you want something from an audience, you give blood to their fantasies. It's the ultimate hustle."