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"As a rule, I don't approve of the actor-director breed. Orson Welles has made it work once, and Laurence Olivier has succeeded in doubling his chores on several occasions. There are exceptions, however, in the ledger book that numbers many disasters for each successful effort.
I have directed one-and-a-fraction films. Time Limit, in which I did not appear, I directed in entirety; more recently, when Delmer Daves was taken ill, I directed the final sequences of The Hanging Tree, in which I was acting with Gary Cooper and Maria Schell. This harrowing experience reaffirmed my personal conviction: one thing at a time.
After watching Brando, the director, creating his first Western, I believe another exception may be in prospect.
On the practical level, Brando, the director, is patient, determined and intelligent.
From time to time I have been asked to explain the secret of another man with whom I've had the privilege of working frequently...Elia Kazan. What makes Kazan such a fine director? In a word, homework. His script is usually several thicknesses larger than any other on the set; he has thought of every contingency and prepared for it.
In evaluating Marlon Brando, the director, I might use the same standard. Brando, too, does his homework."
- From the article "The Two Faces of Brando" originally published in Films and Filming, August 1959.
When asked how he was as a director: "As an actor, the same brilliance. It's a shame they didn't let him go on directing."6 years, 2 months ago
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