Songs My Mother Taught Me (Marlon Brando book) Songs My Mother Taught Me (Marlon Brando book) Songs My Mother Taught Me an autobiography by Marlon Brando with Robert Lindsey as co-author, published in 1994. The book deals with Brando's childhood, his memories of being a struggling actor and of his various relationships with his family and with other actors, producers, and directors. He also talks candidly about his sex life. The book has been translated into several languages, including a Persian version translated by Niki Karimi in 1999. Notably, little to no mention is made of his wives or children. It was said that he made this a
Lee Strasberg and Steve McQueen were the only two students admitted one year, out of 2000 candidates who auditioned. In Brando's autobiography, "Songs My Mother Taught Me", the actor claimed he learned nothing from Strasberg: "After I had some success, Lee Strasberg tried to take credit for teaching me how to act. He never taught me anything. He would have claimed credit for the sun and the moon if he believed he could get away with it. He tried to project himself as an acting oracle and guru. Some people worshiped him, and I never knew why. I sometimes went to the