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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I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies.

Necking with Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler

Necking with Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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 like Vegas for its spontaneity.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

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

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

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been...

Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been...

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.

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...

I look at everything in an artistic way.

I look at everything in an artistic way.

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to...

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to...

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.