You wanna know the secret of life? The saliva of young girls.
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.
But my longevity is due to my good timing.
I like Vegas for its spontaneity.
I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.
At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the world and back.
Women are beginning to lose their identity. They have jumped with teeth clenched, fists braced and eyes aglow, into the competitive man’s world. They’re losing the vibrant quality of femininity, the aura of mystery.
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’ve made 122 movies, and I daresay there’s a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.
I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.
The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.
While you’re doing it, you don’t really know what you’re doing.
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.
When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was.
I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I’m so depressed, or life is terrible.
If you don’t know your gift, you’ve got no lift.
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.
On kissing Marilyn Monroe: It’s like kissing Hitler.
The service meant so much to me. You don’t know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
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.