Masks
Quote from friend Nancy Walker: "Monty and I never played roles with each other, or let's say, hardly ever-and we didn't wear masks." Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Waived Fee
For his supporting role in Judgment at Nuremberg, Monty got two weeks at the Bel Air Hotel plus a first-class plane ticket. He waived his usual $100,000 fee (although it was offered). His seven-minute performance landed him his fourth Oscar nomination. Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Psychic Twins
Monty and Marilyn Monroe were called "psychic twins" because they seemed to know that the other was thinking. Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Zinnemann on Prewitt
From Here to Eternity director Fred Zinnemman, on Monty's work on the film: "Monty was so intense about being Prewitt he raised the level of the other actors. He cared so much they started caring." Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Thin-Skinned
Monty quote: "I wish I were more thin-skinned. The problem is to remain sensitive to all kinds of things without letting them pull you down." Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Mirror
Bill Gunn quote: "I never knew anyone who liked being in front of a camera as much as Monty. He the same in front of a mirror-never ashamed; he enjoyed looking at this reflection. He was like a woman in this regard. The could stare for minutes on end at his image unselfconscious-totally relaxed. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Williams Quote
Quote from Tennessee Williams: "Monty loved being in awe of people. He seemed to look on all the arts -dance, music, and theater-as if they were great mysteries." Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Seeing Himself
Monty, on seeing himself in Red River: "I watched myself in Red River and I knew I was going to be famous, so I decided I would get drunk anonymously one last time." Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Richard Avedon Quote
Photographer Richard Avedon, on seeing Monty in The Search: "The minute Monty came on the screen, I cried because he was so realistic and honest and I was deeply touched. He seems to be creating a new kind of acting-almost documentary in approach. It has the style of reportage." Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Shumlin Quote
Herman Shumlin, Monty's director of his Broadway play, The Searching Wind: "Monty belonged on the stage. There are certain actors who walk out in front of an audience and they belong there. You believed him the moment he spoke a line." Sign in to see full entry.