I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable. Tony Curtis More Quotes by Tony Curtis More Quotes From Tony Curtis It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move. Tony Curtis playcharactermoving I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring. Tony Curtis telephonesringswaiting Its not age as much as the experiences I have had. Tony Curtis age I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities. Tony Curtis motheropportunityboys Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies. Tony Curtis ablecareersopportunity While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing. Tony Curtis raftingknows Art is an emotional experience Tony Curtis art-isemotionalart 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. Tony Curtis realsummermoving 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. Tony Curtis differentcitiesmoving 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. Tony Curtis overcomingtryingworld 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. Tony Curtis very-powerfulintriguingpowerful I was a handsome boy, a very handsome young man, bright blue eyes, mmm. I would make trucks skid off the road. Anyway, girls were never a problem; the problem was me. But a lot of guys didn't like me because I made it look so easy, but it wasn't easy for me or anybody. When you're 24, it's not easy. You haven't reached anywhere that you want to be, so my looks helped me get in the movies, and I'm privileged that my parents came up with what I look like. What they did I'll never know and I don't care. Tony Curtis girleyeboys 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. Tony Curtis little-thingswifeshare 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 Curtis stupid-questionskissingstupid Marilyn Monro wasn't the brightest person in the world - that didn't make a difference one way or the other - but she was giving and kind. And that's what got her in trouble. She was so giving and kind to all of these people she met that she found herself doing these things that she didn't want to do. Tony Curtis making-a-differencegivingpeople Acting is something that we all practice at some time in our lives. We're different people to our mothers, fathers, our friends, people that we hung out together with, people that didn't like us or we didn't like them. We readjust ourselves. Tony Curtis motherfatherpeople Every line, everything you do in life, should have a motive and a reason. Every one of us should have a motive and a reason, most of the time, to accomplish all the things that we want in life. Tony Curtis motiveaccomplishreason I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific. Tony Curtis pacifictendernessnavy I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day. Tony Curtis minesmadeworld The government gave me enough money to go to acting school. Tony Curtis governmentactingschool
