Tony Curtis Quotes & Sayings

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time. — Tony Curtis

When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was. — Tony Curtis

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint. — Tony Curtis

On kissing Marilyn Monroe: It's like kissing Hitler. — Tony Curtis

Women are beginning to lose their identity. They have jumped with teeth clenched, fists braced and eyes aglow, into the competitive man's world. They're losing the vibrant quality of femininity, the aura of mystery. — Tony Curtis

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to meet them and spend a few special moments with all those who helped me through my filmed career. — Tony Curtis

The way I saw it, people are like leaves that have fallen into a swift-moving stream. As the leaves get carried downstream, some are caught in rocks and never get any farther. Some are swept to shore. Others - the lucky ones - keep going, missing the stones, staying clear of the shore, staying afloat until they reach the river delta and break free into open water. — Tony Curtis

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life. — Tony Curtis

I look at everything in an artistic way. — Tony Curtis

Mostly I live in this moment, right now, and I'm grateful for it. I know that most of this life lies behind me, but what I Live for is today, and for the tomorrows that remain. My eyes are bombarded by the sights of this beautiful world. Every breath has the rich fragrance of trees and flowers. I'm privileged to be alive to share these wonderful feelings with you. I toast our fallen comrades, all of whom live on in our hearts.

So far, so good. Do I sound like I think I'm going to live forever? you bet your fucking ass. I know better, at least in my mind. But this heart still beats a little faster for all the beauty in the world. I can honestly say that I've lived my time here fully. Perhaps the life story I have recounted in these pages will help you to avoid some of the pitfalls that tripped me up along the way.I hope so. And I hope that you'll live the rest of your time to the fullest. I don't see any other good way to go. — Tony Curtis

Hollywood ... the most sensational merry-go-around ever built. — Tony Curtis

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers. — Tony Curtis

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know. — Tony Curtis

We were scared. I guess when you're in your twenties, that's how it is. You've got an adult body, but you're trying to make it work with a kid's emotions. With Marilyn and me, it was worse. Our kid emotions didn't even work. We'd been treated too poorly. — Tony Curtis

They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove. — Tony Curtis

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office. — Tony Curtis

You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls. — Tony Curtis

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served. — Tony Curtis

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are. — Tony Curtis

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in. — Tony Curtis

I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife. — Tony Curtis

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made. — Tony Curtis

But my longevity is due to my good timing. — Tony Curtis

I wouldn't be caught dead marring a woman old enough to be my wife. — Tony Curtis

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me. — Tony Curtis

While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing. — Tony Curtis

We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great battles, but what about losing a son or a daughter, or a girl losing her husband or vice versa? I think of the people who never got the chance to have the opportunities I had. — Tony Curtis

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day. — Tony Curtis

Jack Lemmon is my best friend and he's a very wonderful actor. A very talented, very funny man. A lovely man. We're like brothers! We are gifts to each other. He's such a fun personality. There will only ever be one Jack Lemmon. — Tony Curtis

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had. — Tony Curtis

That so many people respond to me is fabulous. It is like having a kind of Alzheimer's disease, where everyone knows you and you don't know anyone. — Tony Curtis

I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet. — Tony Curtis

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific. — Tony Curtis

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back. — Tony Curtis

I like Vegas for its spontaneity. — Tony Curtis

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies. — Tony Curtis

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities. — Tony Curtis

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau. — Tony Curtis

I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable. — Tony Curtis

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting. — Tony Curtis

Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it. — Tony Curtis

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring. — Tony Curtis

Looking good is the best revenge. — Tony Curtis

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies. — Tony Curtis

Art is an emotional experience — Tony Curtis

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one. — Tony Curtis

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move. — Tony Curtis

The government gave me enough money to go to acting school. — Tony Curtis

Every movie I've been in has ended up on television. — Tony Curtis

Joe: We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. Jerry: What? Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth. Joe: That's when I was a saxophone player. Now I'm a millionaire. — Tony Curtis

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx. — Tony Curtis

I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world. — Tony Curtis

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible. — Tony Curtis

If you don't know your gift, you've got no lift. — Tony Curtis