If you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
TONY CURTISThe government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
More Tony Curtis Quotes
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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’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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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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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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I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
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Every movie I’ve been in has ended up on television.
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But my longevity is due to my good timing.
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You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
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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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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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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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Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
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I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
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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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