APRIL 3 - Marlon Brando about Acting and Truth
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- Homage to Marlon Brando who was born on April 3rd, 1924 ( - June 1st, 2004).
Marlon Brando trained with Stella Adler (and not Lee Strasberg as it was unduly claimed) Here is what Marlon Brando said in "Songs My Mothert Taught Me" (chapter 12): '“I sometimes went to the Actors Studio on Saturday mornings because Elia Kazan was teaching, and there were usually a lot of good-looking girls. But Strasberg never taught me acting. Stella did-and later Kazan.”
He revolutionised acting on stage with "Streetcar Named Desire" and in film bringing the heightened truth that brings audience in the moment, recognising situations honestly portrayed as they would in life.
His filmography includes: "Streetcar Named Desire", "On The Waterfront", "The GodFather", "Apocalypse Now", Viva Zapata", "Guys And Dolls", "A Dry White Reason", "Julius Caesar", and many others.
But this appetite for truth is difficult to maintain in an environment where sharks are welcome. Seeing that it was more about money than art and telling the truth, Brando distanced himself little by little, attempting to stay true to what he knew and developed in him: a sensitivity to life that he learned to use to act. On the other side of the circus, it is sometimes better to avoid what could contradict this same sensitive sense of truth. In this video, Marlon Brando, tries to have a real discussion on TV, about "Truth" and "Acting' as a survival mechanism we all practise.
This must explain what some actors, acting teachers & directors mean when insisting that, like Spike Lee put it: “I don’t like acting; not in front of the camera.” On stage or on camera it is about telling the truth -this very sense of truth that we would usually trample all over, day after day, "acting" out of our defensive ego to go throughout our so-called "social" life.
Quite far removed from Sanford Meisner 'Living Truthfully under the given Imaginary circumstances"...
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AWARDS:
1979 - Primetime Emmy Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for Roots: The Next Generations
1973 - Academy Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role in The Godfather
1955 - Academy Awards - Best Actor in a Leading Role in On the Waterfront
1955 - Bafta Awards - Best Foreign Actor for On the Waterfront1954 - Bafta Awards - Best Foreign Actor for Julius Caesar
1953 - Bafta Awards - Best Foreign Actor for Viva Zapata!1952 - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d’or for Viva Zapata!
SOURCES:
Koyaanisqatsi - Marlon Brando Interview Dick Caveat Show (June 12, 1973) - • Marlon Brando - Interv...
Don Giller - Marlon Brando Interview- Saturday night with Connie Chung, Sept. 1989, Complete - • Marlon Brando Intervie...
This dude is still so interesting and honest.
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He loved Connie
God he’s mind blowing he sees right through it all and how present he is. ❤
it doesnt feel that hes passed,hes so alive,
I don't think I will EVER get OVER how BEAUTIFUL looking Brando was in Streetcar 😍🔥😱🥵
A sensitive and perceptive man - so incredibly interesting to listen to and watch. ❤️❤️
Marlon had a psychological effect over men in America, besides think of that post-Brando era, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson or even, Johnny Depp, all of them became actors because of Marlon Brando. So that's why Brando is to the acting like Bob Dylan is to the music.
bro just watched the Joe Rogan podcast lol
Marlon Brando besides being the greatest Actor of All Time was Also the Smartest Actor ALSO. I don't think there was a subject that Brando wasn't an Expert On! There was No End to Brando's Talent & Intellect! The Irony here is that he's talking about great thinkers & philosophers being gone & now he's gone! He was Definitely my ALL TIME FAVORITE ACTOR of All Time & I MISS Him Terribly. Marlon Brando was also the most gorgeous guy I've ever seen. His features were perfect! Brando had presences & was unpredictable! One never knew what he was going to say or do, he always had the last word & was ahead of all his interviewers. Loved his soft voice too! There will never be another Marlon Brando in this lifetime!
I think him and Paul Newman were the most stunningly handsome and mesmerising actors, you just couldn’t stop looking at them, they also exuded sexuality… it was so raw and alive
Highly intelligent man.
Very intelligent
Though he had a bad childhood and was dyslexic !
The “No I won’t do it.” on the Dick Cavett show is one of the many reasons why I value and love Marlon Brando
Why he said so
Sir Lawrence Olivier said of Brando, "he is the greatest actor of our time because he becomes the character and adds his own flavour."
i would love to know the source of this interview if you happen to have it.
A great human!
What a truly , wise and so and so sensitive and lucid man he was and he still is and always be to me and loads of people .
I am an actress and even so I do not agry with all what he is saying about acting work I do understand perfectly his point of vue totaly
honnest and true for many things ! !!
I miss him really deep and one more time I do constate how smart and aware he is and even so he would'nt like my last point of vue what a
GREATt and WONDERFUL ACTOR he was, yep Marlon Brando I do love you true and for ever and ever... !💘💝💞
It's sad that so many of these interviews w him feel like sparring matches - he has a lot to say, but the interviewers seem so keen on poking or prodding or coaxing him - they don't do the listening work to establish what point of view he's coming from - so they keep talking past him, and he gets so tired of that - it's uncomfortable to watch, but fascinating
Brando said it himself any actor who thinks acting is work has never had a real job before
Cheers, @Aj Smith!
It goes well with comedian George Carlin's POV:
"Hard work is a misleading term. physical effort & long hours do not constitute hard work. Hard work is when someone pays you to do something you'd rather not be doing. Anytime you'd rather be doing something other than the thing you're doing... you're doing hard work."
and that doesn't even mean what most people think it does
I’ve worked as a Roofer, Garage Door Installer, Information Technology Engineer, ect…. As someone who has acted in plays, it’s also work, but much more enjoyable than those other things I mentioned.
@@Sconi71I don't even necessarily think it's about the enjoyment factor, more so it may be what the actual work composes. I remember him saying that basically everybody acts, so if we go by that acting is another way of just putting ourselves in circumstances that already represents what we are doing. Perhaps he didn't like the title of work being given to the acting discipline and maybe he would be inclined with it being described as simply a profession. But then again, who knows it's Brando.
You clearly never acted before. For actors, acting is not work because they enjoy it thoroughly.
Acting is waiting memorizing lines waiting associating with many people waiting acting waiting and then going home. Hopefully you don’t have to wait for the bus. He’s right about how it’s a stage down here and you have to play your part and keep the act going. That’s why I like to be alone because I don’t have to lie but just be myself.
Acting is listening. Being in the moment to moment. Acting is reacting. Acting is about making choices. Talent is in the choices you make. Acting is showing less. Acting is the oil painting and the photograph. Acting is being poetic and being a child. And a liar.
Robert Mitchum said it best when he said that "...one of the most popular actors in the movies was Rin Tin Tin so how hard can it be?"
Marlon Brando Currently A Head Of His Time, Just Pure Class In Everything He Did
Oh Brando, he hated being called the best. He just was though, he just had a charisma and presence like no other. Totally magnetic, that's the X factor. You can be a great actor but not really touch anyone because you've got no charisma. Marlon in Streetcar was so charismatic and seriously gorgeous, he was like a panther or something. You couldn't take your eyes off him. He was a very very fascinating person.
Que difícil debió ser frenar ese imparable deseo de amar a ese hombre tan incomodo y controversial. Fascinante!
Never get tired of this interview. It was my dad who turned me on to such acting greats of his time. A list of legends during the Golden Age of American films.
It was true. I SAW THAT DOCUMENTARY as well. Nature v. Nurture. They did the same things. So fun. I could have fallen for him. God rest his soul.
" You shouldn't ever believe what you hear and you shouldn't ever believe what you read."
I dont believe that
I love it when Brando says no to the free publicity for the show.
Love this
Marlon Brando el Actor mas famoso del Mundo. Gran Actor. Jueves 4 de abril de 2024. Se cumplen 100 años. Un Centenario de su nacimiento. Vivirá Inmortal en sus Películas. Entrevistas. Extraordinario Actor.
I love this we have to find the life and death of the character.Brando was the best.
The problem with lying in order to please others for whatever reason is after a while you don’t know how to tell the truth.
wow !!!! especially the bonus part.....
I just love his debth and humility.
Thies people are just fantastic 😊
That wonderful movie about Indians came a few years later under Kevin Costner direction. At least in my mind. “Dances with Wolves”, one of the greatest movies ever made.
This guy is deep!!
My daughter's father looked so much like Marlon.
The Best Actor Ever Marlon Brando, Along With Sir Sean Connery
Just wonderful. Encouraging because he suggests his honesty can be managed by anyone, and wonderful because honesty in his hands, in his mouth, is just more clever than most of Olivier's work, stronger than even Hackman's, smarter than Malcovich (sorry) and still not watched enough. John.
Doesn’t make sense to say a painting is great and a piece of music is great but a film isn’t. Someone can think a painting is boring and a mess and someone else can be obsessed with that same piece. Same with film. I get people idolize greats.. and he was a great whether he likes it or not lol.. but still humans before anything and humans can say nonsense at times 😂 he’s so interesting!
Is man more than the social roles he fulfills?
He got a point 😂
Can you imagine him on some talk show today!?
1:30 Brando still had the looks here... I think those got shot to hell after he made Apocalypse Now.
wow. this dude was wise
What was that last act of his in that interview?
I'm a straight male with no homosexual thoughts, not I'm aware of anyway but hell fire in 1973 that man was damn handsome and about as cool as someone can be.
Connie Chung is good example of a bad actor. Always be 'sincere', even if u don't mean it...
She Is Being Dissreacspful When Marlon Brando Wants 2 Talk About The History Of Being A Twin
Connie is adorable here
Uwielbiam Marlona ❤️ Charyzmatyczny, męski, przebiegły
He was aware of Lila and maya from a Vedic perspective. OM. 🎥
The interviewer should be someone who knows something about acting...his questions are so lame
He doesn't like Connie at All
he sees through all the BS, which is actually fascinating.
😀😀😀😀
Connie Chung is tight
Goat of the silver screen...Olivier on stage naturally.
Case could be made for Day Lewis, I reckon. Or Streep.
The interviewer with zero knowledge of acting ARGUING with MARLON BRANDO and telling him he's incorrect... OMG
This bird is painful
Diffently,
He would have enjoyed Patrice Oneal, only a few people can afford to live in truth at all times
Was he really abusing that dog?
No
I won't do it
😂
She was a terrible interviewer!! Can’t believe she did that snoring thing! I was really interim what he was about to say about the separated twins!
Me too!
She made me angry with that snore! So disrespectful. I want to find this study about the twins.
Connie was funny
Aside from being a great actor, Brando was a pseudo-intellect. I get bored with his interviews. Talking about how we are all actors because we have to appease our boss at work and lie when we have company over. It’s not the same thing and he knew it. He was just a contrarian who spoke in cliches.
I think u just lack the depth to understand what he means. For example, if ur boss is a douche but u get paid a big salary to provide for yourself/family and u dont call him out on it in order to protect ur job, thats acting. If u love the company u have over but their storytelling is boring u but u pretend to be engaged because u dont want to hurt anyone’s feelings, thats acting.
What nonsense are these icons of acting talking about.
Ok, everyone acts that I agree, but can they act according to the script, now that is the question.
Example:
Actor heads into an audition room with his rehearsed lines.
He is asked to begin from a critical point in the script.
He has to be on point and must understand the character like he understands himself and the emotion(s) involved at the critical point of the script.
He must deliver perfection.
Russell's theory of similar minds).
The camera sees things that the eye doesn't and hears things that the ears don't, but it is the heart and mind that feels emotion.
I am sure that camera operators like myself have seen tons of things that many directors miss.
Acting is that one becomes the character without adding oneself in the character. Many actors blend the character with their own persona and the audience love it.
John Wayne blends himself into his characters like Arnold, and many others do... are they wrong, no not at all. They are actors who want to show themselves as a brand, because the industry needs brand actors to sell films.
It is hard to believe that some camera operators actually read the scripts before and during shoots. in my opinion it is almost a requirement, because I have always done it.
I like directors who are well prepared, know what they want and don't do a lot of takes.
Okay, now I am a Marlon Brando fan. 🫶
Live another 100 years host to evolve to Brandon's level .......