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?”
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 CURTISYou wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
TONY CURTISMy 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.
TONY CURTISWhile you’re doing it, you don’t really know what you’re doing.
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 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 CURTISThe government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
TONY CURTISI wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
TONY CURTISI used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.
TONY CURTISI enjoy being recognized whatever environment I’m in.
TONY CURTISI like Vegas for its spontaneity.
TONY CURTISAt 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
TONY CURTISI don’t know what organically grown chickens are; I’ve never seen one.
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 CURTISThe service meant so much to me. You don’t know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
TONY CURTIS