It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
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.
More Tony Curtis Quotes
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I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
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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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I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
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I don’t know what organically grown chickens are; I’ve never seen one.
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Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
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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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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 enjoy being recognized whatever environment I’m in.
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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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While you’re doing it, you don’t really know what you’re doing.
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You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
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If you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
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But my longevity is due to my good timing.
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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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