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What does it mean?
Brando jokes about Frank Sinatra being annoyed at God for making him bald.
In plain terms
Sinatra would blame God for his baldness in heaven.
What can you take from it?
Use humor to cope with physical flaws.

Where it applies

  • gossip
  • entertainment stories
  • roasts

Putting it to work

  • use self-deprecating humor
  • mock celebrity traits

Questions to consider

  • How do you joke about yourself?
  • What if heaven has flaws?

Another view

Jokes about appearance can be insensitive.

More from Marlon Brando

  1. Agents made me a geek who gets $100,000 per chicken head.

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  2. I don't mind that I'm fat. You still get the same money.

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  3. While I do believe in God, I do not believe in the same way as others, so I would prefer not to swear on the Bible. (being sworn in at his son's murder trial)

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