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"Listen to Me Marlon" quotes

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With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.

Director: Stevan Riley
Writer: Stevan Riley, Peter Ettedgui
Production: N/A
Genre: documentary
Year: 2015
MetaScore: 87/100
ImdbRating: 8.2
BoxOffice: $425,831
Released: 29 Jul 2015
Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 5 wins & 21 nominations total

92 video clips

Self (voice) (archive Footage)Marlon Brando
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I was always somebody who had - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 I was always somebody who had The man is Marlon Brando - Listen to Me Marlon 00:36 The man is Marlon Brando Let me tell you something that I did - Listen to Me Marlon 00:36 Let me tell you something that I did BRANDO Jersey Joe Walcott terrific fighter - Listen to Me Marlon 00:24 BRANDO Jersey Joe Walcott terrific fighter BRANDO Everything that you do - Listen to Me Marlon 00:10 BRANDO Everything that you do BRANDO Lying for a living that's what acting is - Listen to Me Marlon 00:10 BRANDO Lying for a living that's what acting is And the reason they don't have light in the theater - Listen to Me Marlon 00:21 And the reason they don't have light in the theater I arrived in New York with holes in my socks and holes in my mind - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 I arrived in New York with holes in my socks and holes in my... BRANDO Everybody's got a story to tell - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 BRANDO Everybody's got a story to tell BRANDO Hit them knock them over - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 BRANDO Hit them knock them over BRANDO A good con man can fool anybody - Listen to Me Marlon 00:09 BRANDO A good con man can fool anybody Acting is just making stuff up - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 Acting is just making stuff up With the wind blowing the light - Listen to Me Marlon 00:15 With the wind blowing the light BRANDO We develop the technique of acting very very early - Listen to Me Marlon 00:15 BRANDO We develop the technique of acting very very early To be able to have money - Listen to Me Marlon 00:23 To be able to have money The astounding thing - Listen to Me Marlon 00:12 The astounding thing BRANDO There are times I know I did much better acting - Listen to Me Marlon 00:34 BRANDO There are times I know I did much better acting I had a lot of loneliness - Listen to Me Marlon 00:31 I had a lot of loneliness If you took some kid - Listen to Me Marlon 00:18 If you took some kid The greatest fear an actor has is fear - Listen to Me Marlon 00:25 The greatest fear an actor has is fear We have this antiquated belief - Listen to Me Marlon 00:22 We have this antiquated belief My soul is a private place - Listen to Me Marlon 00:04 My soul is a private place I had the fear that everybody was dead - Listen to Me Marlon 00:07 I had the fear that everybody was dead Now let your mind drift - Listen to Me Marlon 00:13 Now let your mind drift I was interested to guess - Listen to Me Marlon 00:07 I was interested to guess I had a great feeling of inadequacy - Listen to Me Marlon 00:09 I had a great feeling of inadequacy If I have a scene to play - Listen to Me Marlon 00:18 If I have a scene to play BRANDO Be surprising - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 BRANDO Be surprising Damn damn damn damn - Listen to Me Marlon 00:12 Damn damn damn damn There's something absurd about it - Listen to Me Marlon 00:16 There's something absurd about it Inferiority - Listen to Me Marlon 00:07 Inferiority When what you are as a child is unwanted it's unwelcome - Listen to Me Marlon 00:16 When what you are as a child is unwanted it's unwelcome There are no artists - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 There are no artists BRANDO Maybe you're desperate for love - Listen to Me Marlon 00:19 BRANDO Maybe you're desperate for love BRANDO Many times I remember being down in the dumps - Listen to Me Marlon 00:34 BRANDO Many times I remember being down in the dumps The face can hide many things - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 The face can hide many things I was given by my mother - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 I was given by my mother Stella told me if you come to the theater - Listen to Me Marlon 00:18 Stella told me if you come to the theater I wanted very much - Listen to Me Marlon 00:13 I wanted very much As a kid when I used to sell bottles and cut lawns - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 As a kid when I used to sell bottles and cut lawns I very often am struck with the illusion of success - Listen to Me Marlon 00:22 I very often am struck with the illusion of success BRANDO Mutiny on the Bounty was perhaps my very worst experience - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 BRANDO Mutiny on the Bounty was perhaps my very worst... There's an old adage in Hollywood - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 There's an old adage in Hollywood It's all bullshit - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 It's all bullshit I've always hated people trampling on other people - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 I've always hated people trampling on other people And I'm going to do as much as I can - Listen to Me Marlon 00:19 And I'm going to do as much as I can BRANDO I'm standing up not for the black race - Listen to Me Marlon 00:10 BRANDO I'm standing up not for the black race This is life and death - Listen to Me Marlon 00:12 This is life and death BRANDO I'm interested in making enough money - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 BRANDO I'm interested in making enough money All of you are actors - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 All of you are actors BRANDO Probably the worst movie I ever made in my life was called Candy - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 BRANDO Probably the worst movie I ever made in my life was... I used to think I'd never grow up - Listen to Me Marlon 00:21 I used to think I'd never grow up Francis Coppola wanted me for the part of the The Godfather - Listen to Me Marlon 00:39 Francis Coppola wanted me for the part of the The Godfather BRANDO Last Tango in Paris was a very hard film for me - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 BRANDO Last Tango in Paris was a very hard film for me BERTOLUCCI When he saw the movie he was shocked - Listen to Me Marlon 00:13 BERTOLUCCI When he saw the movie he was shocked And I'm looking - Listen to Me Marlon 00:17 And I'm looking BRANDO This is the beginning of the tape - Listen to Me Marlon 00:23 BRANDO This is the beginning of the tape What they feel what they think why they feel - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 What they feel what they think why they feel What is the answer - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 What is the answer When I was younger - Listen to Me Marlon 00:14 When I was younger BRANDO I was young and destined to spread my seed far and wide - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 BRANDO I was young and destined to spread my seed far and... There is nothing about me that is like Stanley Kowalski - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 There is nothing about me that is like Stanley Kowalski When the camera is close on you - Listen to Me Marlon 00:22 When the camera is close on you You have to know your subject - Listen to Me Marlon 00:05 You have to know your subject BRANDO It's a very strange thing this business of storytelling - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 BRANDO It's a very strange thing this business of... The audience will lend themselves to the subject - Listen to Me Marlon 00:10 The audience will lend themselves to the subject BRANDO We had an act we put on for each other - Listen to Me Marlon 00:15 BRANDO We had an act we put on for each other I wanted to make pictures that are meaningful to me - Listen to Me Marlon 00:06 I wanted to make pictures that are meaningful to me BRANDO You bring part of yourself to every character - Listen to Me Marlon 00:09 BRANDO You bring part of yourself to every character I was very convincing in my pose of indifference - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 I was very convincing in my pose of indifference Lam really moved and motivated - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 Lam really moved and motivated I was in a quandary - Listen to Me Marlon 00:15 I was in a quandary King was in Memphis at the time - Listen to Me Marlon 00:48 King was in Memphis at the time Tahitians have the beauty of sleeping children - Listen to Me Marlon 00:17 Tahitians have the beauty of sleeping children Acting afforded me the opportunity of time - Listen to Me Marlon 00:17 Acting afforded me the opportunity of time You have to look at the cameraman - Listen to Me Marlon 00:11 You have to look at the cameraman BRANDO Putting on a mask building a life - Listen to Me Marlon 00:19 BRANDO Putting on a mask building a life It is not hard to do the big things - Listen to Me Marlon 00:29 It is not hard to do the big things If they think I'm going to bare my soul for the next movie - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 If they think I'm going to bare my soul for the next... BERTOLUCCI I was curious about the person in front of me - Listen to Me Marlon 00:45 BERTOLUCCI I was curious about the person in front of me Marlon there is nothing to fear - Listen to Me Marlon 00:17 Marlon there is nothing to fear BERTOLUCCI Go deeper and deeper - Listen to Me Marlon 00:16 BERTOLUCCI Go deeper and deeper I read the script and it was stupid - Listen to Me Marlon 00:25 I read the script and it was stupid Here is a story note - Listen to Me Marlon 00:18 Here is a story note BRANDO I told Francis how I wanted to be lit - Listen to Me Marlon 00:08 BRANDO I told Francis how I wanted to be lit He should be mysterious - Listen to Me Marlon 00:09 He should be mysterious BRANDO And I felt myself coming apart - Listen to Me Marlon 00:32 BRANDO And I felt myself coming apart Let the tension flow out of you - Listen to Me Marlon 00:32 Let the tension flow out of you I've taken too many fucking punches - Listen to Me Marlon 00:07 I've taken too many fucking punches
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Cast

Self - Marlon Brando
Self - Stella Adler
Self - Bernardo Bertolucci
Young Marlon Brando - Michael Borne
Self - Marlon Brando Sr.
All Cast