"The movie may not contain Brando's greatest performance, but it certainly contains his most emotionally overwhelming …"

"No figure of his influence has so precariously balanced a handful of unforgettable achievements against a brimming ba…"

"Conviction of the myth is everything. We need myths, we live by myths, we die for myths."

"This fear of the single man is seen most viscerally in Hollywood films, with their images of dangerous, potentially v…"

"Simply put, in film acting, there is before Brando, and there is after Brando. And they are like different worlds."

"Mr. Brando can chew on a matchstick with more skill than many actors can summon up to create a whole character, and s…"

"Talking about Marlon is like dancing about architecture. When you tell the stories, the stories would be rich. And ev…"

"I like Brando's acting … and James Dean … and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like."

"Pallid as a mushroom, smooth-skinned and scarred, with curved feminine lips and silky hair, he seems as unhealthy as …"

"I realized there was a part of him always churning with something, some problem he was dealing with. I got the impres…"