Marlon Brando

Actor

Modern influential 152 sayings

Sayings by Marlon Brando

I don't like to be predictable. I think it's boring.

1972 — Interview
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I think that the most important thing in life is to be passionate.

1972 — Interview
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I've always been a bit of a loner, even when I was a kid.

1972 — Interview
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The more sensitive you are, the more certain you are to be brutalized, develop scabs, never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything, because you always feel too much.

1994 — From his autobiography 'Songs My Mother Taught Me'
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I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one.

1994 — From his autobiography 'Songs My Mother Taught Me'
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I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

1972 — Movie quote from 'The Godfather' (1972)
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Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.

Unknown — Attributed quote
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All I want to be is normally insane.

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Hey, you wanna hear my philosophy of life? Do it to him before he does it to you.

1954 — Movie quote from 'On the Waterfront' (1954)
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Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.

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The Jews control Hollywood and use it to promote their own agenda.

1996 — Interview on 'Larry King Live' (1996)
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Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

Unknown — Attributed quote, questioning the nature of fame
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Mafia is the best example of capitalism we have.

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I thank you for not snoring.

Unknown — Attributed quote, likely from an interview or public appearance
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I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That's my dream. That's my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight razor and surviving.

1979 — Movie quote from 'Apocalypse Now' (1979)
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I don't think I was constructed to be monogamous. I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous.

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Food has always been my friend. When I wanted to feel better or had a crisis in my life, I opened the icebox.

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I can still taste that first beer I bought with my own paycheck.

1994 — From his autobiography 'Songs My Mother Taught Me'
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Acting is an empty and useless profession.

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The most repulsive thing you could ever imagine is the inside of a camel's mouth. That and watching a girl eat octopus or squid.

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