I don’t know what organically grown chickens are; I’ve never seen one.
TONY CURTISBurt 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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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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I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
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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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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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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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If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.
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But my longevity is due to my good timing.
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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 used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.
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The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
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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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If you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
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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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