Tony Curtis

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

“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.”

“I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.”

“I like Vegas for its spontaneity.”

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

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

“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.”

“I look at everything in an artistic way.”

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

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

“At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.”

“It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“But my longevity is due to my good timing.”

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