Why Marilyn Monroe Drove Tony Curtis Crazy 

Demasiado torpe e injusto en varias de sus expresiones.

Marilyn is a legend while Curtis was a second rater.

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.

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

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…..

@@user-cc1po6ud9h He’s an actor, for crying out loud. Do you want him to behave like Sister Teresa?

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 can just imagine you there with your ear-horn.

😮 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 " :)

Exactly. He was saying something good and she buts in with her nonsense

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

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!!!

Actually its also his jewish humor.

@@natali2able yes definitely!

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 ❤❤❤❤❤

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

Whiw - so now is jewish. I bet also John Waine would claim he' s lewish,

I love this film

Absolutely!!!

I have that movie on a d v d

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.

He stunted his emotional life with drugs and alcohol.

He told the truth here. He never said anything really bad. she was hard to work with.

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.

About himself.

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.

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.

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?)

Well we all looked pretty good 35 years ago, darlin

Tony has good taste in clothes : )

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.

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

@@Midex74driver loads of them did back then. Settle down. He wasn’t exactly Audie Murphy.

@@mrknobchopps Yup lot of them did back then… not many today… and yeah.. no one is perfect.

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 ...

She should never have been invited on to interrupt Tony

Michael Aspel was the best British celebrity interviewer

So true....unfortunately

Please tell us more....( re: Natalie Woods comment )

i suppose some of these big stars get big heads and treat others with less respect?

Absolutely I read that in one of her biographys. This was around the same time she tried to take her life. Don't know if this filming contributed to her stress..

But this is not a clip of Natalie Wood. So, irrelevant comment.

The Great Race! My favorite movie. Rare to hear someone mention it. Natalie Wood only made that movie, because she was promised by the studio that she could do another movie. Good thing.

Back in the day when TV series were entertaining & fun.

‘The Persuaders’ was such fun to watch. Great chemistry between them.

​@@user-fq8rs7rz3ithe 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 were 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. 🙄

It's the 80s.

Pamela , what was her surname ?

@@Harlock2day Pamela Stephenson

@@Harlock2day Stephenson

Timmy’s mallets

Yes I agree. Each guest gets their chance to shine individually first and then they can chat together as a team.

Ya ok. Go back time and try it.... GEEEZZZ feel better bow that you made a ridiculous comment!😏🙄

I know, they are trying to upstage him with laughs and it's beyond annoying.

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!

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

How do YOU know he told the truth? Oh, guess you were there too! 🤣🤣🤣

Well said.

@@PinkPumpkin529in this same interview, Curtis went full disclosure on his rehab. Human discernment tells you he’s telling the truth

Yes, Pamela was a bit of a know it all back in the day and rather irritating.

@@PinkPumpkin529 other actors said it too.

Regards from Monaco, donate for me a true charity for true living Artist

Do you have an online gallery of your work?

Triggered Precious Princess Alert I didn’t realise that men never interrupt each other in conversations.

What do you mean? He dominated the conversation! They had to fight to insert something in 😅

That blond chick is Pamela Stephenson, Billy Connellys wife. She’s now a doctor of psychology and had a show called ‘Shrink rap’. And Curtis was one of her guests. It’s on YT, check it out.

@@user-fq8rs7rz3i No thanks, I got a plenty of her right here. Not a big fan of Billy Connelly either. Makes sense.

Very nutty hat to distract people from the seriousness and depth of Tony?

@@RawOlympia She was annoying. Tony was giving us secrets from the movie sets and she interrupted him more than once.

@@ranc1977 such a putz, to interrupt him!

I love Jaime Leigh Curtis.

Yep. It's fine to love an actor's film work and the actors talent but a mistake to love the individual when they have quite clearly been very nasty through most of their lives. Almost every interview this guy rehashes how horrible it was working with Marilyn, but in one if his books he recounts that during filming he started an affair with her, while they were both married to other people, got her pregnent and she miscarried! He always leaves that out of his little Marilyn diatribes. A totally self centered, self absorbed cad, and people should keep that in mind before gushing over him.

Jaimi Leigh Curtis, The son of Tony Curtis.

@@brt5273Definitely a ‘cad’ and a bad husband and father. Liz Taylor was the exact same but no one points that out very often, why? She drank and drugged and let’s face it was a mediocre actress, but got away with it coz she was beautiful. Curtis at least was a good actor.

@@GoldSniper-ox7rkdaughter!

What an ignorant thing to say.

People still have talent and actually have better opportunities to showcase it these days because they don’t have studios treating them like a product which is expected to be exactly the same every time.

Compared to most today- not at all.

Sounds accurate! 👍🏼😉

Comes with the territory of the entertainment industry. When people are treated like they are Gods it must be difficult to keep a level head.

lol…

Son

She suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder so it wasn't just a difficult phase. If you've ever been with a woman like that you understand he's being kind here.

@@Jayskiallthewayski I read from a forensic psychologist that she may have been manic depressive. She could a joy or a terror.

That's Right! I remember, Elvis's hair was not jet black!