Marlon Brando movie quotes

“It seems to me hilarious that our government put the face of Elvis Presley on a postage stamp after he died from an overdose of drugs. His fans don’t mention that because they don’t want to give up their myths. They ignore the fact that he was a drug addict and claim he invented rock ‘n’ roll when in fact he took it from black culture.”
Marlon Brando On Elvis Presley

“Elvis Presley – bloated, over the hill, adolescent entertainer, suddenly drawing people into Las Vegas – had nothing to do with excellence, just myth.”
Marlon Brando On Elvis Presley

“A remarkable talent but a monster of a man.”
Marlon Brando On Sir Charlie Chaplin

“He’s like a junkie – an applause junkie, like Sammy Davis Jr.”
Marlon Brando On Bob Hope

“We had an affair and saw each other intermittently until she died in 1962… she didn’t seem depressed to me. I’m sure she didn’t commit suicide. I have always believed that she was murdered.”
Marlon Brando On Marilyn Monroe

“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.”
Marlon Brando

“An actor is at most a poet and at least an entertainer.”
Marlon Brando

“If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.”
Marlon Brando

“If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.”
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“Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.”
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“When I'm reading a book, I don't need a first edition to enjoy it. A dollar copy is good enough so long as the words are there.”
Marlon Brando

“Go, get the butter.”
Marlon Brando - Paul

“- Victor Ray: This is my uncle, Carmine Sabatini. Uncle Carmine, this is Clark. Hey, you know you never told me your last name?
- Clark Kellogg: Kellogg.
- Victor Ray: Kellogg.
- Carmine Sabatini: Just like the cereal. Like the breakfast cereal.”
Bruno Kirby - Victor Ray
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg
Marlon Brando - Carmine Sabatini

“The final measure of bravery is to stand up to death.”
Marlon Brando - McCarthy

“- Don Vito Corleone: Tell me, do you spend time with your family?
- Johnny Fontane: Sure I do.
- Don Vito Corleone: Good. Because a man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
Marlon Brando - Don Vito Corleone
Al Martino - Johnny Fontane

“The Devil is that element in human nature, that impels us to destroy and debase.”
Marlon Brando - Dr. Moreau

“I have no doubt that losing a love like this can be very painful. But, why lose hope along with life? Why lose everything? You must not forget, my friend, that the power of your love, the power of love of Don Juan, is eternal and will not be denied.”

Marlon Brando - Dr. Jack Mickler

“- McKenzie: Would you like a cup of tea?
- Ben: No, no thank you. No, I'm here on a matter of justice.
- McKenzie: Oh, justice. Well I'm afraid that's a trifle more complex to serve you up than a cup of tea.”
Marlon Brando - McKenzie
Donald Sutherland - Ben

“- Paul: You ran through Africa and Asia and Indonesia, and now I found you... and I love you. I want to know your name.
- Jeanne: Jeanne.”
Marlon Brando - Paul
Maria Schneider - Jeanne

“Listen, that's not a subway strap, that's my cock!”

Marlon Brando - Paul

“- Clark Kellogg: It's a crime.
- Carmine Sabatini: Now you're speaking in generalities.”
Matthew Broderick - Clark Kellogg
Marlon Brando - Carmine Sabatini

“It's true I have a lot of friends in politics, but they wouldn't be so friendly if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling which they consider a harmless vice. But drugs, that's a dirty business.”
Marlon Brando - Don Vito Corleone

“A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults.”
Marlon Brando - Don Vito Corleone

- Barney Caine: You trade lives and human dignity for profit.
- Adam Steiffel: "Money, not morality, is the principal commerce of civilized nations". Thomas Jefferson, 200 years ago. That is the philosophy that built this nation.
George C. Scott - Barney Caine
Marlon Brando - Adam Steiffel

“- Nick: Have you lost your fucking mind?
- Max: Yes, years ago!”
Robert De Niro - Nick Wells
Marlon Brando - Max