I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies. Tony Curtis More Quotes by Tony Curtis More Quotes From Tony Curtis I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet. Tony Curtis service-to-othersplanetspay I look at everything in an artistic way. Tony Curtis artisticlooksway I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife. Tony Curtis funny-lovewifeenough If you don't know your gift, you've got no lift. Tony Curtis liftsifsknows I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable. Tony Curtis bornperiods 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 qualityeyemen Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint. Tony Curtis operasingerssong Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life. Tony Curtis therapypaintingway You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls. Tony Curtis girlsecretlife 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 careershonorspecial 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 brotherfunmen 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 daughtergirlmother I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible. Tony Curtis good-friendusedlife-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 attitudefatherpeople Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me. Tony Curtis affectionpeopleworld 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 weekendcompetitionwinning 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-sistersdifferentbrother The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served. Tony Curtis luckyknowsfeels My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx. Tony Curtis navybronxworld Every movie I've been in has ended up on television. Tony Curtis television
