Craig Chester

Montgomery Clift had a terrible car accident at the peak of his fame.

He was leaving Elizabeth Taylor's house, and he hit a telephone pole, and his face was demolished.

And his jaw was wired shut for months, just like mine was.

And I thought, this is why he wants me.

When you have an experience like that, you really sort of see how shitty people are.

Because you have two different faces, but you see the world through the same set of eyes.

And I felt like I understood him in a way that maybe nobody else would.

And wouldn't we want the person to tell our story be somebody who understands who we are?

So I got out of the tub, and I was very aware that I could stand, that I could leave, and I could be, in a way, Monty's happy ending.

I could live past 45.

I could have a great life.

I could be out.

After the bathtub, it kind of died down.

Monty left me alone and went back to my real life.

And I'm not any more spiritual than I was before this started, by the way.

I mean, I'm still completely living in complete fear of everything.

And so I go to LA, and I work in television, and it's great.

And then a few months ago, Josanne called me.

She's like, Montgomery Cliff's back.

He's been waking me up the last two nights.