The world is going to hell in a Pullman car. Swing a chain, toss the clock into the blender, give the chicken back it’s head, pour gas on the fire or get out of the way, whatever you do Old Scratch is on the hoof and the darkness gathers all around. Anyone who points you to safety; anyone who takes your hand and directs you down the road to salvation, the road to peace, know that all they crave is your soul and your promise.

 

Yes, in times like these, there is only one person you can turn to – Tony Curtis, the Bronx-born American actor with the mop of unruly black hair and the Lower East Side voice. The teenage rage of the early 1950s, the man who made a million baring his chest in a series of lavish sword-and-scandal pictures, and then went on to prove himself one of the finest actors – in the world! If I get blue, here’s what I do – turn to Curtis, and feel redeemed.

 

Here are some of my favorite Tony Curtis quotes. What do they mean? Hush, now! You may has well as ask a question of the Sphinx.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Study these quotes. Live with them. Roll the words across your tongue, read them aloud. Feel their weight. Offer them wheat. And then what? You will begin to see their meaning, you shall know the silver flash of understanding. But as you start to speak, to proclaim, then just like THAT - just like quicksilver, the meaning of Curtis shall flash and change, flicker away like a fingerling salmon in a clear cold stream, and you will be left with smoke, with bits of glass, with mystery....with...CURTIS. Savor it. For Curtis is protein. Curtis is LIGHT.