I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.
TONY CURTISIf you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
More Tony Curtis Quotes
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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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At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
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I don’t know what organically grown chickens are; I’ve never seen one.
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If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.
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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.
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The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
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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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My life is very full; my wife makes it so. I’m 82 years old and I’m having the best time I’ve ever had in my life. I want to share that with all of you. Find a way to do that, find a way to be at peace with yourself, to enjoy the little things in life. Make them your own.
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You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
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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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If you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
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I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
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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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Someone 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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