Quotes from Tony Curtis

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

I can't sit around and wait for the telephone to ring.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Its not age as much as the experiences I have had.

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

You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

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

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.

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

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.

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

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

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.

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.

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