Tony Curtis

It is for the latter that I always wanted to be an actor: to play characters who are always on the move.

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

I look at everything in an artistic way.

I wouldn't be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.

Every movie I've been in has ended up on television.

I enjoy being recognized whatever environment I'm in.

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.

While you're doing it, you don't really know what you're doing.

I want the public to know that it will be an honor for me to meet them and spend a few special moments with all those who helped me through my filmed career.

I used to be good friends with my depression, saying oh I'm so depressed, or life is terrible.

Even on a personal note, my dressing table downstairs is crowded with things, like a mini landscape. It's a city with buildings and towers and roads. There's a pool and a little park. When I move something around it becomes a different tableau.

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

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.