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.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

If you know how to live in Vegas you can have the best time.

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...

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

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...

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

The movie business is very twisted, out of site, out of mind, you know.

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...

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

Like an opera singer, I am able to sing out my song in paint.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

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.

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 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.

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...