I joined the Navy hoping to be submariner and ended up in the sub service aboard a tender in the Pacific.

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

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

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...

Necking with Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler

Necking with Marilyn Monroe is like kissing Hitler

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...

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

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

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.

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 like Vegas for its spontaneity.

I like Vegas for its spontaneity.

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.

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.

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.

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

I don't know what organically grown chickens are; I've never seen one.

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.

For instance, I always have one hanging in Budapest in the mayors office.

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.

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.