Marlon Brando Quotes About Acting

Quotes about: Acting

• An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.

  Marlon Brando

  Inspirational, Motivational, Order

• In a close-up, the audience is only inches away, and your face becomes the stage.

  Marlon Brando

  Acting, Faces, Your Face

  New York Times, July 2, 2004.

• Acting, in general, is something most people think they're incapable of, but they do it from morning to night. The subtlest acting I've ever seen is by ordinary people trying to show they feel something they don't, or trying to hide something. It's something everyone learns at an early age.

  Marlon Brando

  Morning, Night, Thinking

• 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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Dedication

  FaceBook post by Marlon Brando from May 09, 2014

• Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.

  Marlon Brando

  Maturity, Expression, Acting

  "He was always a contender" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2004.

• Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts. Whenever we want something from somebody or when we want to hide something or pretend, we're acting. Most people do it all day long.

  Marlon Brando

  Want Something, Long, People

  New York Times, July 2, 2004.

• The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.

  Marlon Brando

  Funny, Humorous, Acting

  "Marlon Brando: The Only Contender". Book by Gary Carey, Ch.13, 1985.

• Acting is an empty and useless profession.

  Marlon Brando

  Funny, Acting, April

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• It is a simple fact that all of us use the techniques of acting to achieve whatever ends we seek.

  Marlon Brando

  Simple, Acting, Technique

  "The Technique of Acting". Book by Stella Adler (Introduction), 1988.

• Acting serves as the quintessential social lubricant and a device for protecting our interests and gaining advantage in every aspect of life.

  Marlon Brando

  Acting, Social, Advantage

  "The Technique of Acting". Book by Stella Adler, 1988.

• If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease.

  Marlon Brando

  Jobs, Successful, Wish

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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