all my life, i ve always taken to a pen or pencil, drawing. i make collages and asemblances ever since i ve been a kid. reporter: curtis said he painted nearly every day, wrote, publishing novels and his auto buy grffy in 1993 in which he told about the darker and lighter sides of his life. i m having a wonderful time in my life. i m 68 1/2. i m a rfring alcoholic and drug person. i m 9 1/2 years of my recovery. i feel like eb ba kneeser scrooge in christmas carol after those three nightmares i m so happy to be alive. reporter: married six times, curtis was the father of six children, including actress jamie lee curtis. when tony curtis was born in new york city in 1925, he was originally named bernard schwartz. a name hollywood was destined to