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
I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.
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.
I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.
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.
Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.
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.
While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.
Hollywood ... the most sensational merry-go-around ever built.
If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.
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.
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.
I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.
I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.