Montgomery Clift Quotes

“One must know a bad performance to know a good one. You can't be middle-of-the-road about it, just as you can't be middle-of-the-road about life. I mean, you can't say about Hitler, I can take him or leave him. Well, I can't be middle-of-the-road about a performance, especially my own. I feel that if I can vomit at seeing a bad performance, I'm ahead of the game.”
― Patricia Bosworth, Montgomery Clift: A Biography

“In close-up, Monty was absolutely riveting. One was practically absorbed into his eyes, which were clearly formidable and perhaps his best asset as an actor. Large, grey, infinitely expressive in his beautiful but rather deadpan face, they could register yearning, intelligence, and despair in quick succession”
― Patricia Bosworth, Montgomery Clift: A Biography

“Once out of work, Monty, like many actors, lost his confidence, and his sense of identity.”
― Patricia Bosworth, Montgomery Clift: A Biography