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

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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.

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...

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.

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

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

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 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 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...

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.

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.

Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it.

Yes I'm still working, but my life's no longer filled with it.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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....

I look at everything in an artistic way.

I look at everything in an artistic way.