Montgomery Clift

“For the first time in my life I'm taking whatever is offered, having a good time, just being a human being.”

“The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.”

“I don't want to be a big star. I want to be a good actor.”

“Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.”

“The only thing I can give to an audience is my own soul.”

“I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control.”

“An actor must have a point of view, a way of looking at life.”

“I'm interested in people who are in trouble.”

“The camera is a demanding mistress.”

“I have a lot of faults. I am a very intolerant man.”