At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
TONY CURTISAt 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
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 CURTISI enjoy being recognized whatever environment I’m in.
TONY CURTISI wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
TONY CURTISEven 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 CURTISIt is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
TONY CURTISIf you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
TONY CURTISI like Vegas for its spontaneity.
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?”
TONY CURTISEvery movie I’ve been in has ended up on television.
TONY CURTISYou wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
TONY CURTISBut my longevity is due to my good timing.
TONY CURTISWhile you’re doing it, you don’t really know what you’re doing.
TONY CURTISThe service meant so much to me. You don’t know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
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 CURTISLike an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
TONY CURTIS