Montgomery Clift - The only line that's wrong ...

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 actor you just enlarge it enough so that your audience can identify with the situation. If it were a mirror, we would have no art.

Montgomery Clift

American Actor

Born: Oct 17, 1920

Died: Jul 23, 1966

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