Movies Marlon Brando's Unforgettable Response to 'The Greatest Actor Ever' Claim!

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

"Tim's the greatest actor ever. He pretends to love me, but he want something to eat."

lol best response.

 

[RichardPriors]

Greatest? Probably. Favorite? No.

Was Sherdog around when he gave that answer?

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Greatest? Probably. Favorite? No.

Was Sherdog around when he gave that answer?

I'm pretty sure this one in the late 80s.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[MLarson]

Yes was a great actor.

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

He's a great actor but not top 5 to me especially considering after he did the Godfather he basically phoned in every role after that for a paycheck

 

[Simple Southerner]

He's in my top 10ish

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

He's a great actor but not top 5 to me especially considering after he did the Godfather he basically phoned in every role after that for a paycheck

He pretty much solidified his greatness as one of the greats in pretty much his first 5 performances.

A Streetcar Named Desire
Viva Zapata!
Julius Caesar
The Wild One
On the Waterfront

Everything after was just bonus, even if he just phoned it in.

 

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

He pretty much solidified his greatness as one of the greats in pretty much his first 5 performances.

A Streetcar Named Desire
Viva Zapata!
Julius Caesar
The Wild One
On the Waterfront

Everything after was just bonus, even if he just phoned it in.

Yeah but not top 5 all time

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I dont think its fair comparing actors from his generation to anyone who started after, especially post mid to late 60s.

Marlon and others from his era laid the blueprints for guys like Deniro, Pacino, Nicholson, DDL, etc. He was thee method actor.

Actors who came after, should be better as they had the blueprints laid out.

 

[Fake Doctor]

After a great victory.— What is best about a great victory is that it liberates the victor from the fear of defeat. “Why not be defeated some time, too?” he says to himself; “Now I am rich enough for that.” - Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science

 

[Highway99]

He was flippant about the profession and his gift for it, perhaps because he had such an innate and easy understanding of human behavior that accepting praise for it seemed silly.


His response in the OP is in line with what he tries to convey to Dick Cavett in this interview here:



Acting is doing something in order to achieve an objective.