Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis
Tony Curtiswas an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 June 1925
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
On kissing Marilyn Monroe: It's like kissing Hitler.
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.
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.
You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.
It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.
If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.
My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.
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.
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.
Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.
If you don't know your gift, you've got no lift.
I look at everything in an artistic way.
I've always believed that service to others is rent we pay for our time on this planet.