July 2, 2004
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Contender
“Jack Nicholson has said he believes, as do many actors, that when Brando’s gone, everyone moves up a place.”
– Claudia Luther and Elaine Dutka,
Los Angeles Times staff writers
Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront:Terry Malloy: “It wasn’t him, Charley, it was you. Remember that night
in the Garden you came down to my dressing room and you said, ‘Kid,
this ain’t your night. We’re going for the price on Wilson.’ You
remember that? ‘This ain’t your night’! My night! I coulda taken Wilson
apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark
and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palookaville! You was my
brother, Charley, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit. You
shoulda taken care of me just a little bit so I wouldn’t have to take
them dives for the short-end money.”
Charley Malloy: “Oh, I had some bets down for you. You saw some money.”
Terry Malloy: “You don’t understand. I coulda had class. I
coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum,
which is what I am, let’s face it. It was you, Charley.”
Sylvester Stallone in Rocky:”I can’t beat him. But
that don’t bother me. The only thing I want to do is to go the
distance, that’s all. Because if that bell rings and I’m still
standing, then I’m gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that
I wasn’t just another bum from the neighborhood.”
