American actor (1924–2004)
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He mumbled, brooded, and made audiences forget acting was supposed to look like acting—then spent decades half-ruining his own myth with indifference and scandal.
Marlon Brando came up through Stella Adler's studio in the 1940s, bringing Stanislavski's method to Broadway in plays like A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), where his Stanley Kowalski became a sensation. He made his film debut in The Men (1950), won Oscars for On the Waterfront (1954) and The Godfather (1972), and drew nominations for roles ranging from Emiliano Zapata to Mark Antony to the crime boss Vito Corleone. He became the face of 1950s rebellion in The Wild One, directed his own western One-Eyed Jacks (1961), and took on Apocalypse Now and Superman before largely retreating. He won an E…
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Bob Hope will go to the opening of a phone booth in a gas station in Anaheim, providing they have a camera there and three people.
Bertolucci is extraordinary in his ability to perceive, he's a poet...he is very easy to work for.
Chaplin you got to go with. Chaplin is a man whose talents is such that you have to gamble. First off, comedy is his backyard. He's a genius, a cinematic genius.
Kazan is a performer's director, the best director I ever worked with... Most actors don't get any help from directors. Emotional help, if you're playing an emotional part.
Homosexuality is so much in fashion it no longer makes news. Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences and I am not ashamed.
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