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> [Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/look-i-m-not-odd-i-m-just-trying-to-be-an-actor-not-a-movie-star-an/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

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## More by Montgomery Clift

> [The thing that bugs me is the average woman's complete ignorance of the functional purpose of cosmetics, which is to supplement, not conceal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/the-thing-that-bugs-me-is-the-average-woman-s-complete-ignorance-of/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [If a man don't go his own way, he is nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/if-a-man-don-t-go-his-own-way-he-is-nothing/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [The only line that's wrong in Shakespeare is 'holding a mirror up to nature.' You hold a magnifying glass up to nature. As an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/the-only-line-that-s-wrong-in-shakespeare-is-holding-a-mirror-up-to/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/look-i-m-not-odd-i-m-just-trying-to-be-an-actor-not-a-movie-star-an/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/failure-and-its-accompanying-misery-is-for-the-artist-his-most-vital/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [Look! Look! If you look really hard at things you'll forget you're going to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/look-look-if-you-look-really-hard-at-things-you-ll-forget-you-re/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [The sadness of our existence should not leave us blunted, on the contrary--how to remain thin-skinned, vulnerable and stay alive?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/the-sadness-of-our-existence-should-not-leave-us-blunted-on-the/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [Look, if you're playing Romeo and your Juliet is a pig, you find something you can love about pigs!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/look-if-you-re-playing-romeo-and-your-juliet-is-a-pig-you-find/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [Nobody ever lies about being lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/nobody-ever-lies-about-being-lonely/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [The closer we come to the negative, to death, the more we blossom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/the-closer-we-come-to-the-negative-to-death-the-more-we-blossom/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [A man should be what he can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/a-man-should-be-what-he-can-do/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [I have the same problem as Marilyn. We attract people the way honey does bees, but they're generally the wrong kind of people. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/i-have-the-same-problem-as-marilyn-we-attract-people-the-way-honey/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [I don't want to be labeled as either a pansy or a heterosexual. Labeling is so self-limiting. We are what we do - not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/i-don-t-want-to-be-labeled-as-either-a-pansy-or-a-heterosexual/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [James Dean’s death had a profound effect on me. The instant I heard about it, I vomited. I don’t know why,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/james-dean-s-death-had-a-profound-effect-on-me-the-instant-i-heard/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

> [I have enough money to get by. I'm not independently wealthy, just independently lazy, I suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montgomery-clift/i-have-enough-money-to-get-by-i-m-not-independently-wealthy-just/)

[Montgomery Clift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/montgomery-clift/)

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