The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
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.
More Tony Curtis Quotes
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We’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.
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I don’t know what organically grown chickens are; I’ve never seen one.
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I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
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If you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
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You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
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It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
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I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I’m in.
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Every movie I’ve been in has ended up on television.
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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.
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Burt 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.
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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.
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When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was.
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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.
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The service meant so much to me. You don’t know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
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At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
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