57+ Tony Curtis Quotes On Flintstones, Roseanne And Johnny Carson

Tony Curtis was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 films between 1950 and 2010, including Some Like It Hot and The Defiant Ones. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Defiant Ones, and also starred in a number of popular television series. Curtis was married six times and had six children, including actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Tony Curtis on life, love, leadership.

Top 10 Tony Curtis Quotes

1. I look at everything in an artistic way.
2. My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.
3. I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
4. Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
5. I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.
6. 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.
7. You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
8. 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.
9. If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.
10. It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

Tony Curtis Short Quotes

• I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
• For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.
• I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.
• I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.
• If you don't know your gift, you've got no lift.
• Art is an emotional experience
• While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.
• I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.
• Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.
• But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

Tony Curtis Quotes About Life

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

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

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

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

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

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life. — Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis Quotes About World

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

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

I'm world famous, everywhere I go there are people who love me because of I've been able to bring them some joy from the movies I've made. — Tony Curtis

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

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back. — Tony Curtis

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

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

Tony Curtis Quotes About Movies

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

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

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

Tony Curtis Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

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

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

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

But my longevity is due to my good timing. — Tony Curtis

On kissing Marilyn Monroe: It's like kissing Hitler. — Tony Curtis

Hollywood ... the most sensational merry-go-around ever built. — Tony Curtis

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

That 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 Curtis

When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was. — Tony Curtis

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

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in. — Tony Curtis

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

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

Joe: We can't just walk out on her without saying goodbye. Jerry: What? Since when? You usually walk out and leave 'em with nothing but a kick in the teeth. Joe: That's when I was a saxophone player. Now I'm a millionaire. — 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

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served. — Tony Curtis

I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet. — Tony Curtis

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

The government gave me enough money to go to acting school. — Tony Curtis

Life Lessons by Tony Curtis

1. Tony Curtis taught us to never give up on our dreams, no matter how hard they may seem. He was a self-made man who overcame poverty and a difficult childhood to become a successful actor.
2. He also showed us that it's important to stay humble and generous, even when we achieve success. He was known for his kind and generous spirit, and he was always willing to help others.
3. Lastly, Tony Curtis taught us that it's important to take risks and to never be afraid to try something new. He took on a variety of roles throughout his career, and he was never afraid to take a chance.