Desi Arnaz Quotes
"American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: People, Ability, American, Country)
"An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Actor, Comedy, Drama, Vice)
"An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh."
- Desi Arnaz
"At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Comedy)
"Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Drinking, Needs)
"Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived."
- Desi Arnaz
"When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Country)
"I went to high school with Al Capone."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: School)
"I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat."
- Desi Arnaz
"Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Senate)
"Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Love, Fight)
"Motion-picture studio floors used to be all wooden and not smooth at all. This was difficult when moving a camera around on a dolly."
- Desi Arnaz
"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Father, Survival, First, Years)
"Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Mistakes)
"One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Comedy, Jokes, Problems)
"Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do."
- Desi Arnaz
"The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Love, Success)
"The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Army)
"I had started calling her Lucy shortly after we met; I didn't like the name Lucille. That's how our television show was called I Love Lucy, not Lucille."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Love, Name, Television)
"Lucy is such a perfectionist."
- Desi Arnaz
"The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15."
- Desi Arnaz
"My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: America, Pretty, Temper)
"Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Road)
"Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Business, Failure, World)
"Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any."
- Desi Arnaz
(Related: Career)
"I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star."
- Desi Arnaz