Quotes About On the Waterfront

The spirit of the Catholic Church's modern social teachings was never rendered so forcefully as in those five minutes of On the Waterfront

In late 1953 Corridan would tell actor Karl Malden, who was visiting Chelsea in preparation for his role as the Corridan-inspired priest in the film On the Waterfront: "I was born in this neighborhood [the West Side]. When I was growing up there were two ways to go. Become a priest or a hood.

When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.

Everyone's inspired by Brando. When I started acting, my dad showed me 'On the Waterfront,' and I thought, 'That's the coolest guy I've ever seen.'

The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront.

Robert Kennedy was inspired to take on organized crime by watching the landmark movie On the Waterfront.

Sometime in the fifties I remember seeing On the Waterfront in the movies with Mary and thinking that I'm at least as bad as that Marlon Brando character and that some day I'd like to get in union work. The Teamsters gave me good job security at Food Fair. They could only fire you if they caught you stealing. Let me put it another way, they could only fire you if they caught you stealing and they could prove it.