Self hatred is very common among the Jews.

He was Jewish. His real name was Bernard Schwartz. Can't get any more Jewish than that.
Donna/LadyGigi Savige needs to sit her ass down!

Tony Curtis is a well known anti-semite. He meant it as a complicated.

Marilyn Monroe was a very disturbed, unhappy,insecure woman, and while acting seemed her only vent out of these issues, her life in general was pretty miserable. Hearing about her death in 1962 was the only time I ever saw my mom cry. She was a public health nurse and knew all about mental issues.

Thanks for clearing things up "denis-38." Now I know the order of events.
Sincerely,
Steve
Keep the faith!

He DID say it! It was reported at the time and he NEVER denied it. Years later he did. Years after that, he admitted it but said "I was just joking." (Too bad he never told MM he was joking. She referenced the remark in her very last interview. Though she did not mention Curtis by name.)

I wasn't there and I didn't know either performer. But the more I analyze this "statement" made by Mr. Curtis, the more I think he never said it.
Cheers!
Sincerely,
Steve B.

I only know that Marilyn's alleged reply was "It is Mr Curtis's own business who he has kissed."
There is a lot of doubt that it was actually said.

Dear Bzy
Marilyn ALWAYS had that peach fuzz on her face, even as a young modelnot her upper lip, however. Nobody told her to shave, It could be covered by makeup onscreen. Gingers Rogers had a similar issue, as did Elizabeth Taylor. (Tho Taylor's fuzz was black, so it was removed periodically. Taylor's "mustache" is obvious in some of her later films.)

No. Marilyn always had that baby fine blonde peach fuzz on her face. You can see it it some of her earliest modeling shots. (on her cheeks, not her upper lip.) Nobody told her to shave it off. It could be covered by makeup. (Ginger Rogers also had it. As did Elizabeth Taylor, but Taylor's was black, soshe kinda did have to shave.) Eve Arnold, the photographer, suggested the fuzz captured the light in some unusual, flattering way. But MM was never on record talking about the hair on her face!
Curtis was reacting to the stress of working with MM, tho they'd all gotten along well during the location scenes. He meant it in a mean way, and never apologized to Marilyn. She even brought it up in her last interview with Life magazine in 1962. She had clearly been hurt by the remark. But did not refer to Curtis by name. She just said, "some actor"

Thanks for the info "bzydad-42-124629." I learned a lot about Marilyn and the techniques used to make her "picture perfect."
Cheers !

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9141077/Marilyn-Monroe-The-sta r-with-marbles-in-her-bra.html
About a 1/4 of the way into the article,it was hormone cream not steroid cream that I stated before.

I never heard this before. It sounds like something that could be true. Do you remember what your source of information was ?
Thanks for the info.
Cheers !

I had read that she used steroid infused face cream that grew peach fuzz on her face,she was told to shave it but she refused because she said it made her face glow.Maybe that's why he made the comment,to much fuzz on the upper lip.

If he was "joking" why did he never say that during Monroe's lifetime, or for many years after? Why, indeed did he not assure MM that he was joking? She went to her grave with that remark hanging over her.

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"denis-38"Thanks for the trivia ! Very fascinating stuff regarding Tony and Marilyn.

Tony Curtis said a lot of things, most of which can be taken with a grain of salt. He did indeed say it, and had many unkind to say about MM for years after her death, until he decided he'd get more publicity by denying the remark and claiming her "loved" her, was her lover during the filming and to top it off, the baby she was so obviously pregnant with, was his!!
Monroe had known Tony since the early 1950's, and apparently liked him. Everybody looks comfortable and relaxed on all the location shots, on the beach, on the pier, in front of the hotel. She was shocked and hurt by the "Hitler" remark and even brought it up in her very last interview, referring to Tony as "some actor." She said, further: "If I have to do intimate love scenes with a person who really has these kind of negative feelings about me, then my fantasy can come into play. Out with him, in with my fantasy!"
By the way, Billy Wilder later said it was "quite obvious" that Tony was enjoying the scene. His tight white pants could not conceal that.

I agree. Tony was probably being sarcastic.
Thanks for all the info and comments everybody!
Cheers!

Yes, he was being sarcastic. In an interview I saw with him on TCM or maybe even on the extra footage on the DVD, I can't remember, but it was pretty obvious that he thoroughly enjoyed kissing Marilyn. He called her "naughty" because she would kiss him passionately until he got aroused and would then abrubtly walk away.
"Dolores, I have five days to complete this picture. Don't get goofy on me."

I know that I have heard Tony in interviews say that he felt it was obvious that kissing her would be wonderful so he was being sarcastic when he said that quote. He also said you have to be careful what you say for the press will run with it and twist.
To me it would also be obvious that it was sarcastic and even if Jack Lemmon said he sounded serious still could mean he said it seriously yet still be sarcastic. I dont see a reason why he would even if she had been problematic on the set for him to have made that statement literally. He has been nothing but complimentary toward her in interviews in the 90s up to the present.

^ Link?
Why, I'm an expert on padded cells.

"After the scene some of the crew and I stood around to watch the rushes,
and they wanted to know what it was like to kiss her.
I figured a question that stupid deserved a stupid answer,
so I flippantly replied:
'Kissing Marilyn is like kissing Hitler.'
I was right it was a stupid answer.
What I should have said was: 'What do you think kissing her is like, birdbrain?'"
I'm in love with her now. I've loved her all these years."

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