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> [The last thing I want to do is having someone get behind a Montgomery Clift biopic, and then just do the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/the-last-thing-i-want-to-do-is-having-someone-get-behind-a-montgomery/)

[Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/)

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> [I hope that's what the performance is in 'Euphoria.' It's muscle and heart. It's Montgomery Clift and Marlon Brando.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacob-elordi/i-hope-that-s-what-the-performance-is-in-euphoria-it-s-muscle-and/)

[Jacob Elordi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacob-elordi/)

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> [“Then, there on the screen I saw Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. An American Tragedy, a film I'd seen at least twice,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/then-there-on-the-screen-i-saw-montgomery-clift-and-elizabeth-taylor/)

[Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/)

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> [I'd like to really make the Montgomery Clift biopic happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/i-d-like-to-really-make-the-montgomery-clift-biopic-happen/)

[Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/)

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