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

Quote by Tony Curtis

Topics: Tony Curtis Quotes

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting...

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting...

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service...

I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service...

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

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

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother....

I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother....

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play...

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play...

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

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

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a...

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a...

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

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

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.

While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the...

At 17, I dreamed of seeing the world. At 19, I had been around the...

They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A...

They gave me away as a prize once - a Win Tony Curtis For A...

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

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

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

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

We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great...

We often don't think of them, we think of the great wars and the great...

I look at everything in an artistic way.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

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

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

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a...

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a...

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

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