Brando Quotes

Personally, I react to Marlon Brando. He's a favorite of mine.

— Marilyn Monroe

If Brando can do Capote and I can do Brando - well then, I can do Capote.

— John Belushi

I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good.

— Lee Marvin

Brando's one of the greats; what can you say?

— Chad Michael Murray

I'm not Jack Nicholson. I'm not Brando. But I do mumble.

— Benicio Del Toro

Marlon Brando said any guy can become an actor. It takes a real man to quit.

— Clifton Davis

I said to Tennessee, this thing is becoming the Marlon Brando show.

— Elia Kazan

I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda.

— Eli Wallach

'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after…

— Eric Andre

But the people I admire have always been people like Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson and Jack Lemmon.

— Evan Jones

My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.

— Larry Bishop

I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has…

— Ansel Elgort

There are these mythic unicorn-y tales of method acting, but Marlon [Brando] wanted to have a good time.

— Johnny Depp

The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront.

— George A. Romero

I think of myself as a journeyman actor. I've got some talent and I work hard, but people like Brando or Pacino…

— Sam Rockwell

Acting is all about big hair and funny props... All the great actors knew it. Olivier knew it, Brando knew it.

— Harold Ramis

I have grown up watching Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Dev Anand, Amitabh Bachchan and the likes. These are actors who have changed…

— Arjun Rampal

As a kid I decided that a Canadian accent doesn't sound tough. I thought guys should sound like Marlon Brando. So now…

— Ryan Gosling

I love John Travolta, who came off that Kotter show. Nobody knew he could dance or do all of those things. He…

— Michael Jackson

I've tried like hell to make bad movies good, and I can't. Maybe Marlon Brando has been able to do that at…

— Dylan McDermott

Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Sean Connery and Robert Redford, Mel Gibson - at least in the Road Warrior films - and Harrison…

— Frederick Lenz

For example, how you would introduce a leading character into your film, and as an absolute ingenious example, [Elia] Kazan in his…

— Werner Herzog

I trained with a guy named Tito Gobbi, who was the Marlon Brando of the opera world. Tito Gobbi was the greatest…

— Robert Davi

A 'death mirror' held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A 'high' view of…

— Kenneth Anger

Well, it was interesting because when I was going to do it the first time in my head was Leonardo DiCaprio [for…

— Sean Penn

I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a…

— James Dean

Well, there's a great Marlon Brando quote that to do something well you have to spiritually marry your director. You have to…

— Ethan Hawke

You look at the absolute scorn that gets poured on a fallen celebrity, whether it's Tom Cruise or Lindsay Lohan or Marlon…

— Matthew Specktor

I got in my car and followed [Marlon Brando] down to Chinatown, and got about twelve shots. Brando called me over and…

— Ron Galella

I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back. If you are going to have any chance of replicating life,…

— Rupert Friend

The fact is, though, what I think we really like is Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. We…

— Tod Goldberg

If 'The Wild One' were filmed today, Marlon Brando and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would all have to wear helmets. I…

— Danny Lyon

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

— Bette Davis

Anyone of my generation who tells you he hasn't 'done Brando' is lying.

— James Caan

You were Marlon Brando, I was Steve McQueen, you were K.Y. Jelly, I was Vaseline.

— Leonard Cohen

You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.

— Corey Taylor

One of Brando's problems is that he can't have a conversation with anyone.

— Peter Bart

Marlon Brando is the most influential movie actor of the century.

— Roger Ebert

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

— Gene Kelly

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

— Richard Donner