Now I'm a painter. That was another opportunity I was able to pursue, I've been painting all my life, now it's become a second career because of my success in the movies.

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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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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 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....

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 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...

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

But my longevity is due to my good timing.

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 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.