Tony Curtis Professions : Film actor Born : June 3, 1925 Died : September 29, 2010 Browse All Authors Top 58 quotes by Tony Curtis I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet. Tony Curtis service-to-others planets pay I look at everything in an artistic way. Tony Curtis artistic looks way I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife. Tony Curtis funny-love wife enough If you don't know your gift, you've got no lift. Tony Curtis lifts ifs knows I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable. Tony Curtis born periods Women are beginning to lose their identity. They have jumped with teeth clenched, fists braced and eyes aglow, into the competitive man's world. They're losing the vibrant quality of femininity, the aura of mystery. Tony Curtis quality eye men Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint. Tony Curtis opera singers song Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life. Tony Curtis therapy painting way You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls. Tony Curtis girl secret life I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to meet them and spend a few special moments with all those who helped me through my filmed career. Tony Curtis careers honor special Jack Lemmon is my best friend and he's a very wonderful actor. A very talented, very funny man. A lovely man. We're like brothers! We are gifts to each other. He's such a fun personality. There will only ever be one Jack Lemmon. Tony Curtis brother fun men 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. Tony Curtis daughter girl mother I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible. Tony Curtis good-friend used life-is My parents were Hungarian immigrants; my father was a tailor and we lived in the back of a tailor store. And that was my first inkling of what it was like to be raised in America. It had a profound effect on me - I saw different people coming in all the time with different attitudes and I liked it. And as I grew older, I found that I was able to use something inside of me to get some sympathy if I wanted it. I used to shine shoes, and I would use a waif-like look. I'd get a dime and I'd be as happy as could be. Tony Curtis attitude father people Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me. Tony Curtis affection people world They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A Weekend competition. The woman who won was disappointed. She'd hoped for second prize - a new stove. Tony Curtis weekend competition winning I feel strongly that we, all of us, are brothers and sisters, and nothing interferes with that except our education, our background, where we grew up and how we should do it. If you eliminated all those negatives and gave us an open view of what life would be like, it would be different. Tony Curtis brothers-and-sisters different brother The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served. Tony Curtis lucky knows feels My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx. Tony Curtis navy bronx world Every movie I've been in has ended up on television. Tony Curtis television Similar Authors Ivan Heng film-actor Boman Irani film-actor Burt Lancaster film-actor Bud Jamison film-actor Bruce Campbell film-actor Broderick Crawford film-actor All Authors
