The top 10 most inspiring quotes by 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.
- 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.
- At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
- Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.
- The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
- 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 movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.
- But my longevity is due to my good timing.
- I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
- Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me.
Tony Curtis (1925–2010) was a celebrated American actor known for his striking good looks, charismatic screen presence, and versatile talent. Born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, he rose from a humble background to become one of Hollywood’s most popular leading men during the 1950s and 1960s.
Curtis gained early fame with films like The Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and earned an Academy Award nomination for The Defiant Ones (1958), co-starring Sidney Poitier.
His comedic timing shone in Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959), opposite Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, which remains one of cinema’s classic comedies. Curtis also starred in Spartacus (1960) and The Boston Strangler (1968), showcasing his dramatic range.
Beyond acting, he was a skilled painter and author. He was married six times, including to actress Janet Leigh, with whom he had daughter Jamie Lee Curtis. Tony Curtis remains an enduring Hollywood icon.
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