Curzi went to the École nationale de Théâtre in 1969. Prior to his political career, he played in numerous popular Quebec movies, plays, television shows and documentaries including "We Are Far from the Sun (On est loin du soleil)", "Duplessis", "Maria Chapdelaine", "The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)", "Babylone", "Les Filles de Caleb", "Million Dollar Babies", "Virginie", "Suzanne", "Caffè Italia, Montréal", "Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)", "The Barbarian Invasions", "Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12, et Chili avait les blues)", "Le Négociateur", "The New Life of Paul Sneijder (La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder)" and "Romeo and Juliet".