I watch it at least once a year. Jack and Tony were able to hold the scene with Marilyn who was definitely a scene stealer. You can't help but stare at her when she's on the screen. Love that movie. And the great George Raft.
Met Tony at Gatwick Airport in 2010 sitting at departure gates quiet and looking very frail. Once I starting talking to him he came alive was very friendly. Had a real glint in his eye. RIP
I like the way you are on first name terms with him. I hope everyone I talk to in airports won’t take the same liberty with me. But then, I’m not a star.
I remember going to Harrods for a meal in the top restaurant back in 1995, I was with a friend who was visiting another friend in hospital. Sitting at the table next to us was Tony Curtis, it was amazing listening to him talking to his guests.
I saw him in a restaurant in Vegas and he seemed very pleasant to everyone who approached him. I had to explain to my kids that he was a real, A-list actor.
I've never watched Tony Curtis in an interview before- I would definitely like to see more. A shame he was interrupted a few times- wanted to hear more on what he was saying! Thank you for posting this. :)
This is the least smarmy I have ever seen Curtis in an interview. Usually full of innuendo and implied (or otherwise) naughtiness. Possibly because he was freshly sober. I appreciate Curtis. I ADORE Jack Lemmon.
The interviewer let him talk because he lost control of the interview. Especially at the end when Tony thank everybody on the set and the audience but didn't mention the interviewer, he rarely looked at him while talking. Lots of insight on that body language.
@@helen5852 I think you’re reading into it a little bit. I think the interviewer felt, hey…Curtis is on a roll, he’s delivering tremendous entertainment and insights into Hollywood…I’m just going to step out of the way and let him do his thing.
Let`s begin with the fact that I am almost into my nineties, so MAYBE I am a little biased. I remember vividly Tony Curtis when he was in his prime, and all the young guys wanted to be like him. Truthfully, he has always been one of my heroes. He had EVERYTHING, Good looks, a great personality, and he was possibly the most Charismatic "Leading Man" that post war Hollywood has ever produced. Watching this interview brought it all back to me. I don`t think there is ONE top star in todays world who is his equal. I would just like to take this opportunity to say a HUGE "Thank You" to one of Hollywood`s true Legends for the absolute pleasure that he brought to MY generation
I think you are biased. I do not dispute his talent. But it has been authenticated- NOT mere gossip, that he was a lousy, unfaithful philandering husband and an absent and neglectful father. Like Lucile Ball, Curtis may have been a great talent (Lucy’s BRILLIANCE is legendary) but he was unkind, self centered and entitled.
I agree. Tony is the best at a fast delivery movies are movies. He talked fast, his expressions, fast, and he could talk anyone, without any swarveness, fastest. A swell guy😂 I great actor. Watch him. He is watcheable. Realistic is not realism. Maralyn Monroe was swept off her feet. Actors and actresses had to display all their many emotions in one take those days. Tony was the master. He has alacrity, he has lived, he has one expressive face, he knows how to hook line and swarve any audience on his line. Fascinated I was, as a child on some like it hot. He shines. Every other male just wrnt along with his aura for the ride. From Liverpool with 5 out of 5 Coochums. Miss you Tony. Spartacus I am a great actress, Actor, because of this Lion. He could act. Now nobody cannot act. He is a human being. I love him. Always ❤
On one of my trips to LA with friends, we were having dinner in a restaurant called Nicki Blairs; and he was sitting with a group behind us. He came to our table to say hello in passing and he was so gracious to us. A lovely memory I have of him.
He seems like a nice guy so why wasn't he nice to his kids ? He named each of his children in his will, just to make sure that each kid knew that he wasn't leaving them any of his money or his possessions. Heartless and mean.
Tony Curtis is the man I am named after. My father named me Tony because Tony Curtis made a couple of movies about boxers around the time I was born, and my father was a boxer, so he admired Tony Curtis. I turned out to be the academic type, the opposite of a boxer, and a disappointment to my father. However, listening to Tony Curtis here, he has a practical and very down to Earth attitude to life that I can be happy that I am named after him. He owns his imperfections and has worked hard to achieve the things he achieved. I like that.
I doubt you were a disappointment to your father. Boxing is a mugs game, despite the rare wealthy sane champs, most get destroyed and end up mentally or financially broke....
@@artistjoh Loved reading your comment. I'm sure you're father had many qualities, but perhaps he wasn't as eloquent as you and never found the right words to express his pride. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
@@ldavid2528 My father had many very good qualities, but he was also violent, a racist, and misogynist. It is difficult to respect someone who believed that black people should be exterminated, along with gay people. Like many very uneducated people he despised anyone with education. There was no room for pride alongside his bigotry and anger that probably stemmed from feelings of inadequacy. He spent his life lying about his origins. He could never accept that we are ethnically Rromani, He cut his family off, and threatened the life of his brothers with a gun when they wanted to talk to him. There is a very understandable tendency to think good things about fathers, but not all fathers are equal, and not all fathers are good people. The victims of violence struggle to have respect for the perpetrator. The best I can hope for is to celebrate the good parts of his character that I see in myself, but make certain that the other side of him is buried with him, and never to be repeated in me or my children.
Back when a celebraty panel could have a decent, honest conversation. He was quite a cultured man ( not totally primative as he said), and very fine painter.
Stars were better looking in general back then...looked healthier... Tony Curtis, Cary Grant, Barbara Eden, Liz Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery,Nancy Sinatra, Dawn Wells, Peter Breck, Elvis, Robert Conrad...all that without botox...sigh..
Tony Curtis is a New Yorker. These people are extremely witty and know how to express themselves. Certain cities produce people who have this ability. In the UK we have scousers from Liverpool; cockneys from the East End in London; and Scotland's Glaswegians are renowned for their clever repartee. The people of New York belong to this same clan.
@@natali2able That's a distinctly Hungarian style, not Jewish. Not only that, but most of the post-WWI so-called "Jewish" humor or style in America was, in fact, simply Central- and Eastern-European wit and culture in general, first and foremost the legacy of the very high quality intellectual life across the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire, which permeated across social classes. I live in NYC for a very long.time, but even today I recognize a lot of mannerisms, riposte, attitude etc that are, in essence, straight translations and exist in every CEU culture, language. It became known as Jewish style, but only because religious Jews and their descendants were the first one to make it very apparent and they also weren't afraid of keeping it alive (as opposed to most other immigrants trying to melt in and disappear). Go to Boro Park and they still have the same strange accent (it's a weird Hungarian one actually), and the same, often brash style and jokes...
You’ve Gotta love, Tony and Jackie, my God, both of them knew the system, but when Jackie put her hand out that was about respect and affection, mutually felt by both of them
Tony Curtis was really in a philosophical mood. The three people on stage didn’t really pick up on that. It could’ve been a very deep and interesting conversation.
Curtis was great here. Love to hear him talking about the old Hollywood days. Looked to me Jackie Collins and Pamela Stephenson didn’t look impressed when he spoke about Marilyn Monroe, but he was speaking of his experience of working with her.
The reality was that though Mariloyn was indeed difficult she wasn't doing so intentionally but it seems clear that Tony resented it at the time and the way he then treated her lead to tension between them. Marilyn was known to become more insecure when co stars were not in on her side. It's fair enough for him to say that she was difficult to work with but he also was unkind to her. Jack Lemon admitted she could be difficult but also said a lot of nice things about her and seemed to get along her very well. My issue with Tony is that a decade or so after this interview he completely changed his attitude when he had books to sell. Suddenly he loved Marilyn and they had been lovers. I think in the early 70's he thought Marilyn's fame would fade away. Then as time went on she continued to be this icon and legend and he chose to cash in on that.
@ I wouldn’t have blamed anyone for saying she could be difficult at times to work with, but to suddenly turn around and say how wonderful she was just to sell some books, is pretty low. Also have to remember that Curtis was certainly no angel himself. The stars of those times were certainly very different to those of today.
Tony was a genuine human being after dealing with Hollywood. May I add he also served in the military. That in my book is huge and not something you commonly see these days.
Tony was a wonderful actor and was fantastic in such movies as 'The sweet smell of success' and 'Some like it hot'. Born in East Harlem to Jewish immigrants, he had a tough childhood and his mother's mental health problems affected Tony throughout his life. He was a great raconteur, down to earth, funny and humble. A true Hollywood star❤
Must say that Michael Aspel is one of the most intelligent interviewers ever to have graced our screens: he didn’t fawn over the guests and ask the so-predictable questions, he actually found out about the people he was interviewing ie asking Tony what he thinks would have become of him if he hadn’t achieved success as an actor (Parkinson wouldn’t have even bothered to find out!). A great talent, he truly is. Still with us at 91.
@@comfeefort You are seeing a snippet of a longer interview and you make a silly judgement. With that interviewer each guest gets their own individual time to shine with the focus on them. Some want to steal back the spotlight when it's the other's turn but others sit respectfully while they have their turn in the spotlight.
@@AlexMc9395 i watched oliver reed on a talk show. An american actress kept interrupting him. He told her’youve had your time madam, now its mine. ! She still was going on. I think he stood up and poured his glass of water on her! That shut her up! Well he warned her! He was so good in that interview.
Tony Curtis was so honest, effortlessly entertaining, articulate, smart real, yet diplomatic and respectful. Golden Age movie stars were a different well groomed breed. Todays movie stars are lightweight shells by comparison.
I don't know if Tony is the kind of person i could have been friends with but his interviews are some of my favorite. He was without a doubt a very interesting person and honestly extremely intelligent.
@@trevorthompson330-Totally agree. He really didn’t say anything bad, he was just being honest. He even referred to her as poor Marilyn, and he acknowledged that she had emotional troubles and he was sympathetic, but at the same time you’re there on time ready to work, but you have to wait around four or five hours for her to get herself together. You can be sympathetic and still be frustrated with the situation.
Personally, I am quite taken with the deep candor of the late Tony Curtis and I found his way of having a conversation with anyone to be fascinating and even so open as well. What a great and talented actor that he was and a fine and funny human being, too.
A lot of people have said what Tony Curtis said about Marylin: she was temperamental, couldn't remember her lines, constantly late, and so on. While she had great screen presence, there is no denying that. If she was misusing pills, that would only have added to her difficulties.
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon were so very patient, putting on with MM's behaviour, which was unacceptable - Yves Montand who made one movie with her said she was not respecting her movie partners and he told her to her face.
Yes, well curtis also said in his book "The Making if Some Like it Hot" that he started an affair with Marilyn while they were filming, while they were both married, which resulted in a pregnancy that she miscarried. He always leaves that part out when he rehashes his discriptions of her being difficult. This guy is great at currying favor as a "victim" of impoverished childhood, the Hollywood studio system, and being now sober from drugs and alchohol, but he should have refrained from running his mouth about so many other people, based on his own flawed perception.
@@brt5273 I just read on Wikipedia that Curtis and MM had a brief affair when they were both starting their movie carreer. No mention of an affair while filming SOME LIKE IT HOT You don't like Curtis, it is a wonder that you even bothered to read his book - The better to criticize him I guess
@@Roz-y2dthe persuaders was terrific. Curtis and Moore had great chemistry. And they were friends, contrary to what some people say. And of course,John Barrys theme. Outstanding. I do believe the idea for the persuaders come from an episode of "the saint.' it was an episode with Stuart Damon. He was the American in the show" the champions," were the three are superhuman.
@@LowPlainsDrifter60where do you guys get these ideas? I’m curious because I see many similar comments coming mostly from (white?) men ages 40 to 65. I’m an old lady but I don’t long for the good old days. Where did this originate? From an uncomplicated, basically happy childhood?🤔
Wow. Interesting guy. I've always loved his acting but had never seen an interview of him. Not what I expected. In the end it became apparent what makes him tick. Very sweet . Thx for uploading.
why the blonde interrupted beats me. She derailed it and the brunette ‘’yes but Marilyn Monroe was brilliant’’. Both women missed the point of what he was saying. YES she was but it was usually others who had to pay for it. I wish they just would have let him talk.
New Yorker here. Lots of NYC Jews adopt Italian American mannerisms, especially those that grew up in the 20th century. Had a boss that legitimately believed he was some sort of mobster. Went so far to look and dress the part but was a Jewish guy from Long Island! 😂 Side note: I actually met Tony Curtis at Chiller Theater (google it for details) just about 6 months before he passed away. At that point he was just a jolly old guy that loved meeting his fans. His plastic surgery did not age well. His skin was translucent. At least I can say I met the legend. 11:25
Love the banter between Tony Curtis and Jackie Collins about the Hollywood wives. Whenever, he was interrupted, his response was polite and witty. Great actor, and I enjoy his movies.
@@Charlie_Crown I agree. Wished she'd shut up. Most likely starstruck. That can make someone get quiet--or gabby. She nearly ruined the whole interview.
I was annoyed with other women for not allowing him to talk. The host did a good job by letting him talk. We missed few golden opportunities there to listen to him. What a charismatic intelligent man.
He was self centred, with limited intelligence about world affairs. Only talked about other movie stars of his era. Disinherited all his children before death left it all to his 45year younger wife!
I met Mr. Curtis on the ski slopes in Mammoth, Ca. What a nice fellow he seemed to be. He was just having a great time. So full of life. All smiles. A knock out. All dressed in white ski attire with a Turtle kneck. His hair was so dark and eyes sooo bright. He was with group of young ppl. May have been his children. No one bothered him. That is California for you though. Many of us used to rubbing shoulders with the rich famous. No one stared or asked for autographs at least not around us. We were just having a terrific time up on the slopes. I have never forgot how nice Tony Curtis was that day.❤
Laurence Olivier said she was late every day on their movie. Sometimes four and a half hours. But when she was on camera she came alive and magic happened.
This is a great interview because you allowed Tony to talk with hardly any interruption by the host and guests. I never liked him until now. His honesty and sincerity was great. So glad he went into recovery.
The blond woman is Pamela Stephenson and many years later in 2008 two years before he died she did a major interview with him in which he was very frank and spoke very candidly of his past.
Awesome interview, regarding the times it was shown on tv 🎉. And kudos to sobriety 👏👏👏: makes you brutally honest ( ' I just come from a rehabilitation centre, I speak from what I know '❤, so many people in our profession are drunkers' aso). And funny 🎉👏.
Spartacus, Some Like it Hot, The Boston Strangler, Operation Petticoat, The Defiant Ones, Sweet Smell of Success to name but a few... There not many actors, living or dead who wouldn't envy a resume like that. A true mensch...
Tony was one of the greatest actors ever he was also straight and honest in his dealings with people. Even if that resulted in offending or unsettling people Tony didn't care he just told it as it was and you have to admire him for that. R.I.P Tony❤
I just loved him. So handsome. Excellent actor at comedy and drama. Wish he was still with us but he never is far away because we have all his movies and interviews.
Tony was a fine actor, who admitted to his flaws as a person...No Hollywood guy was more handsome than Tony, in his earlier days...that promise is a lot to live up to!
I couldn't do this job. I tried auditioning for commercials at the age of 19 for a short time and realized I wanted a simple life. It was just too negative for me. I know why people turn to drugs and alcohol. This is a hard industry. All the money in the world means nothing if you can't cope. Not a lot of people make it to old age with their wits and their finances intact.
So agree, I worked in the industry doing bit parts for a couple of years.There was no way to survive without either a wall of alcohol, drugs, or a wall of becomming emotional dead. Everyone wants the others to fail so they themselves feel successful. The true acting is the acting they do to appear they care for fellow performers.
@@photomanwilliams4147Kinda like the acting I did for 40 years: Acted like I wanted to go in to work on a computer in a cubicle every day, even with no sleep, jet lagged, sick with colds and respiratory infections, crippling menstrual cramps, etc. Should have gotten an Oscar!
Some Like It Hot is one of my favorite movies. Tony, Marilyn & Jack were outstanding in it!
Not to mention Joe E. Brown!
It never gets old!!
Agree!
I love that movie😊
I watch it at least once a year. Jack and Tony were able to hold the scene with Marilyn who was definitely a scene stealer. You can't help but stare at her when she's on the screen. Love that movie. And the great George Raft.
Coming out of rehab was the best time to interview Tony Curtis. He was ready to be brutally honest.
Demasiado torpe e injusto en varias de sus expresiones.
Marilyn is a legend while Curtis was a second rater.
@@freddyalvaradamaranon304😊Jesus is coming back. . Please Get right with the Lord and read the Bible.
@@georgevincent1834😊Jesus is coming back. . Please Get right with the Lord and read the Bible.
@@georgevincent1834wrong Tony Curtis was a star too. He only spoke the truth about MM.
It was nice to see Tony Curtis while he was sober and articulate. A great actor and very charismatic.
Yes, he looks good here and very articulate. I always liked him. At least as an actor. He’s correct, he was a professional.
🎉@@Melinda8162He was a heavy drug user and high most of the time.
And he got to meet Lady Gaga
@@Melinda8162 Totally agree with you.
@@Channelofages haha that's not Lady Gaga lol
Met Tony at Gatwick Airport in 2010 sitting at departure gates quiet and looking very frail. Once I starting talking to him he came alive was very friendly. Had a real glint in his eye. RIP
Tony seem like a funny guy
I like the way you are on first name terms with him. I hope everyone I talk to in airports won’t take the same liberty with me. But then, I’m not a star.
Love Tony Curtis' honesty here. It may not seem ground breaking watchjng in 2024, but for the time period it happened it was huge.
Being spiteful towards a troubled and deceased woman, isn't groundbreaking.
Didn't realize that Tony Curtis was so dynamic what a great person to interview. He's all of what human beings are. He was a great actor.
I thought the same thing. Super dynamic!
"Some like it Hot"
Now that is a absolute Classic...
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon were just sublime in it...
👏 😍👏😍👏😍
sublime was only lemmon and monroe
I remember going to Harrods for a meal in the top restaurant back in 1995, I was with a friend who was visiting another friend in hospital. Sitting at the table next to us was Tony Curtis, it was amazing listening to him talking to his guests.
I can just imagine you there with your ear-horn.
I like Tony Curtis because he was a direct and an authentic person. He was a great actor too.
A lot of people who have been through rehab develop a brutal honesty
👍🏻❤️
But according to his daughter Jaime, he was not a good father.
His daughter is just like him.
exactly, love his authenticity
I met Tony in Las Vegas . He was funny and teased me . I loved it ( also signed an autograph ) !
I saw him in a restaurant in Vegas and he seemed very pleasant to everyone who approached him. I had to explain to my kids that he was a real, A-list actor.
ooooo ❤❤❤❤❤
I've never watched Tony Curtis in an interview before- I would definitely like to see more. A shame he was interrupted a few times- wanted to hear more on what he was saying! Thank you for posting this. :)
This is the least smarmy I have ever seen Curtis in an interview. Usually full of innuendo and implied (or otherwise) naughtiness. Possibly because he was freshly sober.
I appreciate Curtis. I ADORE Jack Lemmon.
@@wendybutler1681Yes, Lemon was a wonderful actor. And he and Curtis were genius in ‘Some like it hot’.❤️
Exactly: it's a pity she didn't shut up when he was talking.
Who is the fool in the ridiculous hat?
I think Carson had him on his show as a guest a few times.
I am glad I came across this. Tony is awesome here. No acting, this a real deal.
😮 Hello, what was there about Elvis❓❓
I remember when I read this book on MM , I remember Tony Curtis saying and I quote " kissing Marilyn Monroe was like kissing a barracuda " :)
I appreciate the interviewer just letting Tony speak. The actor was in top form here.
The interviewer let him talk because he lost control of the interview. Especially at the end when Tony thank everybody on the set and the audience but didn't mention the interviewer, he rarely looked at him while talking.
Lots of insight on that body language.
@@helen5852 I think you’re reading into it a little bit. I think the interviewer felt, hey…Curtis is on a roll, he’s delivering tremendous entertainment and insights into Hollywood…I’m just going to step out of the way and let him do his thing.
This is one with Tony I think I’ve ever seen. 😀
He is really condescending…..
@@Baileyfaye-v5r He’s an actor, for crying out loud. Do you want him to behave like Sister Teresa?
Let`s begin with the fact that I am almost into my nineties, so MAYBE I am a little biased. I remember vividly Tony Curtis when he was in his prime, and all the young guys wanted to be like him. Truthfully, he has always been one of my heroes. He had EVERYTHING, Good looks, a great personality, and he was possibly the most Charismatic "Leading Man" that post war Hollywood has ever produced. Watching this interview brought it all back to me. I don`t think there is ONE top star in todays world who is his equal. I would just like to take this opportunity to say a HUGE "Thank You" to one of Hollywood`s true Legends for the absolute pleasure that he brought to MY generation
I think you are biased. I do not dispute his talent. But it has been authenticated- NOT mere gossip, that he was a lousy, unfaithful philandering husband and an absent and neglectful father. Like Lucile Ball, Curtis may have been a great talent (Lucy’s BRILLIANCE is legendary) but he was unkind, self centered and entitled.
@@vittoriopassanante2601 Everyone is entitled to have an opinion. To some people the glass is half full, to others it is half empty!!!
I agree. Tony is the best at a fast delivery movies are movies. He talked fast, his expressions, fast, and he could talk anyone, without any swarveness, fastest. A swell guy😂 I great actor. Watch him. He is watcheable. Realistic is not realism. Maralyn Monroe was swept off her feet. Actors and actresses had to display all their many emotions in one take those days. Tony was the master. He has alacrity, he has lived, he has one expressive face, he knows how to hook line and swarve any audience on his line. Fascinated I was, as a child on some like it hot. He shines. Every other male just wrnt along with his aura for the ride. From Liverpool with 5 out of 5 Coochums. Miss you Tony. Spartacus I am a great actress, Actor, because of this Lion. He could act. Now nobody cannot act. He is a human being. I love him. Always ❤
Vin Disel is the closest in comparison
I was a little kid when I remember seeing him on tv when my Dad was watching. But I always liked him too
This was a great interview. Delightful, in fact.
Michael Aspel was the best British celebrity interviewer
Ohhh, that level of honesty and ability to articulate where one is life....very rare to see. Thanks Tony
Tony Curtis-clever, quick-witted guy… seems pretty lovable, too 😊
Tony looks amazing! Fun, articulate and that wonderful shirt and suit! What class
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Well we all looked pretty good 35 years ago, darlin
Tony has good taste in clothes : )
Tony Curtis looks so good without that horrendous wig he wore later in life. RIP Tony ,your movies i enjoyed so much.
his hairstyle was copied by millions of men in the 60s. it was called the tony curtis hairstyle esp the curl in front :)
It was a toupe.
Looks like the host has a toupee on?
@@jessiejames7492 NOT any of the men I knew back then !!! LOL!!! No they didnt! lol
@@sitcom1971😊 No, that was Michael Aspel''s own hair
On one of my trips to LA with friends, we were having dinner in a restaurant called Nicki Blairs; and he was sitting with a group behind us. He came to our table to say hello in passing and he was so gracious to us. A lovely memory I have of him.
Did he point to your plate and ask "are you gonna finish that?" Cuz that's a dead giveaway right there.
I can't see a thing attractive about him
He seems like a nice guy so why wasn't he nice to his kids ? He named each of his children in his will, just to make sure that each kid knew that he wasn't leaving them any of his money or his possessions. Heartless and mean.
@@danny1682 He seems like a narcissist. I know that word is overused and abused but he really does.
@@nicholenoel349 Do you mean in this interview or even when Tony was younger?
Tony Curtis is the man I am named after. My father named me Tony because Tony Curtis made a couple of movies about boxers around the time I was born, and my father was a boxer, so he admired Tony Curtis. I turned out to be the academic type, the opposite of a boxer, and a disappointment to my father. However, listening to Tony Curtis here, he has a practical and very down to Earth attitude to life that I can be happy that I am named after him. He owns his imperfections and has worked hard to achieve the things he achieved. I like that.
I doubt you were a disappointment to your father.
Boxing is a mugs game, despite the rare wealthy sane champs, most get destroyed and end up mentally or financially broke....
Not Bernie?
@@artistjoh Loved reading your comment. I'm sure you're father had many qualities, but perhaps he wasn't as eloquent as you and never found the right words to express his pride. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
@@ldavid2528 My father had many very good qualities, but he was also violent, a racist, and misogynist. It is difficult to respect someone who believed that black people should be exterminated, along with gay people. Like many very uneducated people he despised anyone with education. There was no room for pride alongside his bigotry and anger that probably stemmed from feelings of inadequacy. He spent his life lying about his origins. He could never accept that we are ethnically Rromani, He cut his family off, and threatened the life of his brothers with a gun when they wanted to talk to him.
There is a very understandable tendency to think good things about fathers, but not all fathers are equal, and not all fathers are good people. The victims of violence struggle to have respect for the perpetrator. The best I can hope for is to celebrate the good parts of his character that I see in myself, but make certain that the other side of him is buried with him, and never to be repeated in me or my children.
@@artistjoh A huge amount of complexity to untangle; respect.
Tony was the absolute best! So real and down to earth
No he wasn't
And spiteful and bitter.
Tony Curtis was a good actor and I still enjoy watching his movies. RIP Tony
loved tony,jack and marilyn in some like it hot...classic.
I love this film
Absolutely!!!
I have that movie on a d v d
Tony spoke from the heart. He returned to his orthodox roots which helped bring him back down to earth. R.I.P.
Back when a celebraty panel could have a decent, honest conversation. He was quite a cultured man ( not totally primative as he said), and very fine painter.
Tony Curtis was always an interesting interview. He loves to talk.
About himself.
@@coleman6131🤣😂
Everyone is loving this interview. Meanwhile I see narcissist 100%
I miss actors like Tony Curtis. Him, Jack Lemon, Walter Matthau etc. The Golden Age!
Stars were better looking in general back then...looked healthier... Tony Curtis, Cary Grant, Barbara Eden, Liz Taylor, Elizabeth Montgomery,Nancy Sinatra, Dawn Wells, Peter Breck, Elvis, Robert Conrad...all that without botox...sigh..
Agree! Back then the actors had talent. They didn't need any words to express emotions or even reply.
@@RC-eb5hqthey are no more stars like those guys they all gone now. The actors today are not stars
@@RC-eb5hq Add Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gabel, and Joan Crawford to that list of talent
I miss all those old stars too. They’re the Hollywood actors I will remember….. not the actors of today.
This really speaks to my early-80’s born, 90’s Nick-at-Nite watching childhood. All of these people still feel so relevant in my world. ❤
Tony curtis was great ,no lying straight to you face, I respect that , he was hilarious too , great interview
Tony Curtis is a New Yorker. These people are extremely witty and know how to express themselves. Certain cities produce people who have this ability. In the UK we have scousers from Liverpool; cockneys from the East End in London; and Scotland's Glaswegians are renowned for their clever repartee. The people of New York belong to this same clan.
Actually its also his jewish humor.
@@natali2able yes definitely!
Oh darling you forgot Texas... Never underestimate a Texan..
@@natali2able That's a distinctly Hungarian style, not Jewish. Not only that, but most of the post-WWI so-called "Jewish" humor or style in America was, in fact, simply Central- and Eastern-European wit and culture in general, first and foremost the legacy of the very high quality intellectual life across the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the German Empire, which permeated across social classes. I live in NYC for a very long.time, but even today I recognize a lot of mannerisms, riposte, attitude etc that are, in essence, straight translations and exist in every CEU culture, language. It became known as Jewish style, but only because religious Jews and their descendants were the first one to make it very apparent and they also weren't afraid of keeping it alive (as opposed to most other immigrants trying to melt in and disappear). Go to Boro Park and they still have the same strange accent (it's a weird Hungarian one actually), and the same, often brash style and jokes...
He was very witty .he was being interviewed on irish TV and was asked how many women did he have he replied well what time is it 😅😅
This is the single best interview I've ever seen with Tony Curtis. KUDOS.
Because he’s sober here
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He fought drug and alcohol abuse for 38-years. Give him some credit.
Well said
You’ve Gotta love, Tony and Jackie, my God, both of them knew the system, but when Jackie put her hand out that was about respect and affection, mutually felt by both of them
I really didnt realize how brilliant he was and extremely talented. This guy had a ton of talent!
Great interview, Tony Curtis was such a great actor!
Tony Curtis was really in a philosophical mood. The three people on stage didn’t really pick up on that. It could’ve been a very deep and interesting conversation.
Sobriety will do that
Great guy, with a high IQ.
I was thinking the exact same thing...the 2 women were so annoying interrupting him
With the right questions and the right interviewers this could turn out as the best tv interview of his lifetime..
@@mrmedallisit was magnificent, hearing him talk
Very nice, amusing interview. Tony Curtis is super funny , smart and seems very honest. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Curtis was great here. Love to hear him talking about the old Hollywood days. Looked to me Jackie Collins and Pamela Stephenson didn’t look impressed when he spoke about Marilyn Monroe, but he was speaking of his experience of working with her.
The reality was that though Mariloyn was indeed difficult she wasn't doing so intentionally but it seems clear that Tony resented it at the time and the way he then treated her lead to tension between them. Marilyn was known to become more insecure when co stars were not in on her side. It's fair enough for him to say that she was difficult to work with but he also was unkind to her. Jack Lemon admitted she could be difficult but also said a lot of nice things about her and seemed to get along her very well. My issue with Tony is that a decade or so after this interview he completely changed his attitude when he had books to sell. Suddenly he loved Marilyn and they had been lovers. I think in the early 70's he thought Marilyn's fame would fade away. Then as time went on she continued to be this icon and legend and he chose to cash in on that.
@ I wouldn’t have blamed anyone for saying she could be difficult at times to work with, but to suddenly turn around and say how wonderful she was just to sell some books, is pretty low. Also have to remember that Curtis was certainly no angel himself. The stars of those times were certainly very different to those of today.
His autobiography is well worth a read i enjoyed it very much.
Hie memoir was like having a drink with a good friend who is a fantastic storyteller
whats it called
there are two apparently?
1. Tony Curtis: The Autobiography (1993?)
2. American Prince: A Memoir (2008?)
Tony Curtis was so handsome and had one of the most beautiful blue eyes and long eyelashes,he was pure charisma 😍🌹🌹🌹
LOVE Tony Curtis, and LOVE how honest and Sincere he was. May he Rest in Eternal Peace.
Tony Curtis was up there with the greats ... a fine actor in his time.
A real star. R.I.P Tony Curtis
Great interview! Tony was a really down to earth, humane guy, and humorous!
‘Sweet Smell of Success’ with Burt Lancaster. Curtis was great. Brilliant movie.
The defiant ones with Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis is another superb movie.
Yes. Superb.
Couldn't agree more about The Sweet Smell of Success. Great film.
Incredible cinematography. I felt like I was right on the ground in New York City watching it.
He was sharp as a tack🤙
Tony was a genuine human being after dealing with Hollywood. May I add he also served in the military. That in my book is huge and not something you commonly see these days.
@@Midex74driver loads of them did back then. Settle down. He wasn’t exactly Audie Murphy.
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Yup lot of them did back then… not many today… and yeah.. no one is perfect.
Terrific interview! I have a greater respect for him after seeing this
Love his honesty.Very rare.
ive not seen this interview before, I found Tony Curtis very authentic and engaging
Tony was a wonderful actor and was fantastic in such movies as 'The sweet smell of success' and 'Some like it hot'. Born in East Harlem to Jewish immigrants, he had a tough childhood and his mother's mental health problems affected Tony throughout his life. He was a great raconteur, down to earth, funny and humble. A true Hollywood star❤
Must say that Michael Aspel is one of the most intelligent interviewers ever to have graced our screens: he didn’t fawn over the guests and ask the so-predictable questions, he actually found out about the people he was interviewing ie asking Tony what he thinks would have become of him if he hadn’t achieved success as an actor (Parkinson wouldn’t have even bothered to find out!). A great talent, he truly is. Still with us at 91.
Tony Curtis was a star when there really were stars in the old studio system. Almost everyone from that era is gone,
Whiw - so now is jewish. I bet also John Waine would claim he' s lewish,
Tony's real name was Bernie Swartz. John Wayne's name was Marion Morrison. Jewish?@@lorenzomagazzeni5425
THAT'S a classic Hollywood star. Engaging, entertaining, verbose, literate, whimsical, anecdotal....
Quite a guy!
...completely self-absorbed, domineering, and rude.
@@jjsmith3302 Right! Jackie Collins barely had a word, the other Female guest?
@@comfeefort You are seeing a snippet of a longer interview and you make a silly judgement. With that interviewer each guest gets their own individual time to shine with the focus on them. Some want to steal back the spotlight when it's the other's turn but others sit respectfully while they have their turn in the spotlight.
@@comfeefortThis is only his clip. Another clip shows the other guests interviews.
Pamela Stephenson didn't seem to realize that her segment was over, and that it was the Aspel show, not hers.
Agree.
She was worried he was going off the rails.
That's who she is...thanks.
@@AlexMc9395 i watched oliver reed on a talk show. An american actress kept interrupting him. He told her’youve had your time madam, now its mine. ! She still was going on. I think he stood up and poured his glass of water on her! That shut her up! Well he warned her!
He was so good in that interview.
@@jessiejames7492 other way round 😊 Shelley Winters poured her water over Ollie.
Tony Curtis was so honest, effortlessly entertaining, articulate, smart real, yet diplomatic and respectful. Golden Age movie stars were a different well groomed breed. Todays movie stars are lightweight shells by comparison.
A decent honest man here. The world could use some much more of this today in 2024. Thank you for sharing.
I don't know if Tony is the kind of person i could have been friends with but his interviews are some of my favorite. He was without a doubt a very interesting person and honestly extremely intelligent.
Tony Curtis was in my favorite movie, Spartacus. He did a wonderful job.
He was brutally honest and funny as heck! 😂❤
He changed his tune at the end of his life about Marilyn Monroe and was much more gracious about her.
He stunted his emotional life with drugs and alcohol.
thats good! she didnt deserve it. robert mitchum was very gracious to the actresses he worked with never a nasty sentiment love him
@@jessiejames7492 Love Robert Mitchum, too; my favorite film with him was The Night of the Hunter. So incredible!
@@trevorthompson330-Totally agree. He really didn’t say anything bad, he was just being honest. He even referred to her as poor Marilyn, and he acknowledged that she had emotional troubles and he was sympathetic, but at the same time you’re there on time ready to work, but you have to wait around four or five hours for her to get herself together. You can be sympathetic and still be frustrated with the situation.
but still nothing compared to kissing Shelley Winters. lol
Personally, I am quite taken with the deep candor of the late Tony Curtis and I found his way of having a conversation with anyone to be fascinating and even so open as well. What a great and talented actor that he was and a fine and funny human being, too.
A lot of people have said what Tony Curtis said about Marylin: she was temperamental, couldn't remember her lines, constantly late, and so on. While she had great screen presence, there is no denying that. If she was misusing pills, that would only have added to her difficulties.
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon were so very patient, putting on with MM's behaviour, which was unacceptable - Yves Montand who made one movie with her said she was not respecting her movie partners and he told her to her face.
Clark Gable felt that in the Misfits and Sir Laurence Olivier - said it too.
Yes, well curtis also said in his book "The Making if Some Like it Hot" that he started an affair with Marilyn while they were filming, while they were both married, which resulted in a pregnancy that she miscarried. He always leaves that part out when he rehashes his discriptions of her being difficult. This guy is great at currying favor as a "victim" of impoverished childhood, the Hollywood studio system, and being now sober from drugs and alchohol, but he should have refrained from running his mouth about so many other people, based on his own flawed perception.
@@brt5273 I just read on Wikipedia that Curtis and MM had a brief affair when they were both starting their movie carreer. No mention of an affair while filming SOME LIKE IT HOT
You don't like Curtis, it is a wonder that you even bothered to read his book - The better to criticize him I guess
@@LJ-ht4zs Clark Gable died soon after THE MISFITS ........ What he had to go through during filming didn't help
fabulous interview
Always Danny Wilde to me. RIP Tony and Roger.
Back in the day when TV series were entertaining & fun.
‘The Persuaders’ was such fun to watch. Great chemistry between them.
@@Roz-y2dthe persuaders was terrific. Curtis and Moore had great chemistry. And they were friends, contrary to what some people say. And of course,John Barrys theme. Outstanding. I do believe the idea for the persuaders come from an episode of "the saint.' it was an episode with Stuart Damon. He was the American in the show" the champions," were the three are superhuman.
@@LowPlainsDrifter60where do you guys get these ideas? I’m curious because I see many similar comments coming mostly from (white?) men ages 40 to 65. I’m an old lady but I don’t long for the good old days. Where did this originate? From an uncomplicated, basically happy childhood?🤔
@@im-gi2pg If you think TV is better today, then we can but be pleased for you. As for nostalgia, it isn't what it used to be. 🙄
Wow. Interesting guy. I've always loved his acting but had never seen an interview of him. Not what I expected. In the end it became apparent what makes him tick. Very sweet . Thx for uploading.
why the blonde interrupted beats me. She derailed it and the brunette ‘’yes but Marilyn Monroe was brilliant’’. Both women missed the point of what he was saying. YES she was but it was usually others who had to pay for it. I wish they just would have let him talk.
That's Pamela Stephenson. She's a psychologist and comedian and Billy Connelly's wife. Speaking of wives.
Christ, chill out!! Curtis was just as interrupting, cutting the other two guests off. Who had just as much right to speak as he did!!
@@ManvasPachenko calm down
Typically trying to further their own careers in front of a "superstar".
Jackie Collins kept derailing the conversation.
Tony Curtis was charisma personified..
He was a New York born Jew, who seems like a New York Italian. DEFINATELY A NEW YORKER THROUGH AND THROUGH!!!
A Jewish boy from the Bronx!
Jews and Italians in inner city New York were poor and had similar upbringings.
Yes and he tells it like it was
Looks dashing in all white💓
New Yorker here. Lots of NYC Jews adopt Italian American mannerisms, especially those that grew up in the 20th century.
Had a boss that legitimately believed he was some sort of mobster. Went so far to look and dress the part but was a Jewish guy from Long Island! 😂
Side note: I actually met Tony Curtis at Chiller Theater (google it for details) just about 6 months before he passed away. At that point he was just a jolly old guy that loved meeting his fans. His plastic surgery did not age well. His skin was translucent. At least I can say I met the legend. 11:25
Always a great interview and flamboyant dresser. Raw, authentic, witty and fascinating. 🎉
Love the banter between Tony Curtis and Jackie Collins about the Hollywood wives. Whenever, he was interrupted, his response was polite and witty. Great actor, and I enjoy his movies.
Tony Curtis was always straight forward and honest. RIP 💙
You get the idea that nobody loves Tony Curtis more than Tony Curtis loves Tony Curtis.
Tbh I thought Tony Curtis is overrated
I don’t see it. Looks to me that he kinda loathes Tony Curtis
Truth!
Wow amazing Interview Tony being so honest I liked it very much!
Curtis was going to talk about Elvis Presley before the blonde butted in, now that would have been interesting.
Who cares what she had to say!
@@pauletteyoung112 Her husband Billy Connelly, but I guess he was drinking then. God she is gobby
Pamela Stephenson, for a psychologist, she sure was clueless here 🙄
@@Charlie_Crown I agree. Wished she'd shut up. Most likely starstruck. That can make someone get quiet--or gabby. She nearly ruined the whole interview.
@@Charlie_Crown Is she the one with the silly hat on?
Tony's work on the Boston strangler is some of the best acting on any movie at any time
I was annoyed with other women for not allowing him to talk. The host did a good job by letting him talk. We missed few golden opportunities there to listen to him. What a charismatic intelligent man.
Exactly. He was saying something good and she buts in with her nonsense
They can talk as well lol 😂 pretty sure they never meant too but in
Why do you call Pamela Stephenson "other women"?
He was self centred, with limited intelligence about world affairs. Only talked about other movie stars of his era. Disinherited all his children before death left it all to his 45year younger wife!
Pamela Stephenson & Jackie Collins, far more interesting
I met Mr. Curtis on the ski slopes in Mammoth, Ca. What a nice fellow he seemed to be. He was just having a great time. So full of life. All smiles. A knock out. All dressed in white ski attire with a Turtle kneck. His hair was so dark and eyes sooo bright. He was with group of young ppl. May have been his children. No one bothered him. That is California for you though. Many of us used to rubbing shoulders with the rich famous. No one stared or asked for autographs at least not around us. We were just having a terrific time up on the slopes. I have never forgot how nice Tony Curtis was that day.❤
What an absolute star was Tony Curtis. In many ways terribly underrated. RIP good fellow.
Whenever people say "underrated," they are talking about their own views and oftentimes, they are the ones doing the under-appreciating
What a great interview. Seemed a great guy. X
Was that Jackie Collins?
Great seeing this interview.
Loved him in The Vikings, Spartacus, and of course, Some Like It Hot.
That was a great interview with Tony Curtis, brutal in his honesty. What we rarely see these days.
Laurence Olivier said she was late every day on their movie. Sometimes four and a half hours. But when she was on camera she came alive and magic happened.
This is a great interview because you allowed Tony to talk with hardly any interruption by the host and guests. I never liked him until now. His honesty and sincerity was great. So glad he went into recovery.
Great man and actor. Simply enjoy his movies everyone!
Tony Curtis, so honest, and sharing of his deep experiences.
Genius profound interview from Tony. And he has compassion for poor Marilyn, no matter how difficult she made his life. Absolute legend.
Geez, this is one of the best interviews ever. Tony, indeed, summarized the purpose of life very well.
The blond woman is Pamela Stephenson and many years later in 2008 two years before he died she did a major interview with him in which he was very frank and spoke very candidly of his past.
The Sweet Smell of Success is an incredible film and very meaning for our time.
Awesome interview, regarding the times it was shown on tv 🎉. And kudos to sobriety 👏👏👏: makes you brutally honest ( ' I just come from a rehabilitation centre, I speak from what I know '❤, so many people in our profession are drunkers' aso). And funny 🎉👏.
Spartacus, Some Like it Hot, The Boston Strangler, Operation Petticoat, The Defiant Ones, Sweet Smell of Success to name but a few... There not many actors, living or dead who wouldn't envy a resume like that.
A true mensch...
THE GREAT RACE!!!!!
His best film in descending order were, The sweet smell of success, The Defiant Ones, Some Like it Hot.
@@paulreading8980I could go along with that ...
Tony was one of the greatest actors ever he was also straight and honest in his dealings with people.
Even if that resulted in offending or unsettling people Tony didn't care he just told it as it was and you have to admire him for that.
R.I.P Tony❤
"That 's not a criticism, just my observation." Good one, Tony. 😃
I just loved him. So handsome. Excellent actor at comedy and drama. Wish he was still with us but he never is far away because we have all his movies and interviews.
Tony was a fine actor, who admitted to his flaws as a person...No Hollywood guy was more handsome than Tony, in his earlier days...that promise is a lot to live up to!
Glad I got to meet him. Great interview. 👍
Tony was a Great Actor. He should have won an Oscar. RIP
Refreshing They don't make actors like him anymore. CLASSIC
I couldn't do this job. I tried auditioning for commercials at the age of 19 for a short time and realized I wanted a simple life. It was just too negative for me. I know why people turn to drugs and alcohol. This is a hard industry. All the money in the world means nothing if you can't cope. Not a lot of people make it to old age with their wits and their finances intact.
So agree, I worked in the industry doing bit parts for a couple of years.There was no way to survive without either a wall of alcohol, drugs, or a wall of becomming emotional dead. Everyone wants the others to fail so they themselves feel successful. The true acting is the acting they do to appear they care for fellow performers.
@@photomanwilliams4147Kinda like the acting I did for 40 years: Acted like I wanted to go in to work on a computer in a cubicle every day, even with no sleep, jet lagged, sick with colds and respiratory infections, crippling menstrual cramps, etc. Should have gotten an Oscar!
When I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was “40 Pounds of Trouble”. Tony Curtis at Disneyland was a must for me!!!!! 😃