Quotes from Tony Curtis


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For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.


My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.


Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.


I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.


I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.


I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.


Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.


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.


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.


But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.


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.


I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.


I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.


I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world.


The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.


The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.


Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it.


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.


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.


Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me.