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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

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An actor's a guy, who if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening.

The Observer (1956)

Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling.

Songs My Mother Taught Me (1994)

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life.

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

There's a line in the picture where he snarls, "Nobody tells me what to do." That's exactly how I've felt all my life.

Portraits and Film Stills 1946-1995 (1996)

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