I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.
TONY CURTISI used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.
TONY CURTISBurt Lancaster was a very powerful and intriguing person. That essence of what he was, is the very thing that you and I see on the screen when we watch him.
TONY CURTISThat 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 CURTISBut my longevity is due to my good timing.
TONY CURTISI wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
TONY CURTISI 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 CURTISLike an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
TONY CURTISWe 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 CURTISI enjoy being recognized whatever environment I’m in.
TONY CURTISIt is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
TONY CURTISThe service meant so much to me. You don’t know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
TONY CURTISIf you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
TONY CURTISThe government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
TONY CURTISWe’re all brought up in a world that isn’t the best place for us to be in once in a while. There are so many problems and we try to overcome them all.
TONY CURTISEvery movie I’ve been in has ended up on television.
TONY CURTISSomeone said to me, “Hey, what’s it like kissing Marilyn Monroe?” I said, “It’s like kissing Hitler. What are you doing asking me such a stupid question?”
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