“The only reason I'm in Hollywood is that I don't have the moral courage to refuse the money." —Marlon Brando”

“Real painters grunt like Marlon Brando”

“[on why he considers Marlon Brando and Jean-Louis Trintignant to be his favorite actors] They don't externalize or project everything. They keep a mystery within themselves, and that I think is the sign of a truly great actor, to be able to maintain that.”

“Dodie: "Mama, Jamie's up on the hill and he's f***g a goat!"Mama: "Well, it's Jamie's goat, ain't it?"-Peter Manso illustrates the brash wit pervasive in the Brando family with this exchange between Dodie Brando, Marlon's mother, and her mother in-law.”

“I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.”

“I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.”