You made me laugh, you were adorable. As a kid, I just loved your hi-jinks in "Some Like it Hot."
But, while entertaining us so well, you must have suffered a lot of pain, given the fact that you married six times and so much family drama surrounded you.
Illustrative quotes by TC found on IMDB:
"[about Some Like It Hot (1959)] It was perfect. Great dialogue. Crisp acting. Billy Wilder was brilliant, and Jack Lemmon and I always had a great time together; even though we were from different backgrounds - he was Harvard-educated, very intelligent and urbane. We balanced each other out."
"Comedy is the most honest way for an actor to earn his living. People would rather laugh than cry. The quickest way to change drama into comedy is simply to speed up the film."
" I was 22 when I arrived in Hollywood in 1948. I had more action than Mount Vesuvius - men, women, animals! I loved it too. I participated where I wanted to and didn't where I didn't. I've always been open about it."
"[on his ambitions] I even married Janet Leigh for my career. I could see the two of us could get more attention together. We had the paparazzi wherever we went, we were on the cover of all the movie magazines. It wasn't enough for a man to be cute, he had to be connected to the right woman."
"[on his relationship with his mother] I got nothing from her. I got slapped around is what I got."
"[on Brokeback Mountain (2005)] This picture is not as important as we make it. It's nothing unique. The only thing unique about it is they put it on the screen. And they make 'em gay cowboys. 'Howard Hughes (I)' and John Wayne wouldn't like it."
"Fame is another profession. I feel that I have two professions, I have the profession of being an actor and I have the profession of being famous."
Check out the Tony Curtis (Bernard Schwartz) bio, it's fascinating:
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