Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.
"Edward Montgomery (Monty) Clift" (October 17, 1920July 23, 1966) was an American film and Theatre/stage actor. The New York Times’ obituary of Clift noted his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men". He often played outsiders and "victim-heroes"; examples include the social climber in George Stevens's A Place in the Sun (film)/A Place in the Sun, the anguished Catholic priest in Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess (film)/I Confess, the doomed regular soldier Robert E. Lee Prewitt in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity, and the Jewish GI bullied by antisemites in Edward Dmytryk's The Young Lions (film)/The Young Lions.
Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was one of the original method acting/method actors in Hollywood; he was one of the first actors to be invited to study in the Actor's Studio with Lee Strasberg, Michael Chekhov and Stella Adler. He also executed a rare move by not signing a contract after arriving in Hollywood, only doing so after his first couple films were a success—"a power differential that would go on to structure the star-studio relationship for the next 40 years."
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous actors! More Montgomery Clift on Wikipedia.The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary - how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive?
Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.
A man should be what he can do'.
The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.
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