"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day"
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The intent is partly pride, partly self-protection. Curtis came up in the studio system where you were both worker and product, where quantity mattered and where your face could be syndicated into immortality while you aged in real time. Saying a "picture of mine" (not "a movie I made") frames his work as a commodity in circulation, an asset that keeps earning attention even when he’s not in the room. There’s a hint of disbelief, too, as if he’s taking inventory of a life that got converted into celluloid.
Subtext: this is what legacy looks like for a movie star of that era. Not a carefully curated filmography, but constant replay. It’s comforting and slightly eerie - a reminder that celebrity is less about being known than about being repeated. Curtis isn’t asking for reverence; he’s acknowledging the strange bargain: you give the world your youth, and the world keeps screening it back forever.
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Curtis, Tony. (2026, January 16). I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-made-122-movies-and-i-daresay-theres-a-91350/
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"I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-made-122-movies-and-i-daresay-theres-a-91350/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

