Desi Arnaz Quotes

Lucy is such a perfectionist.

Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

I went to high school with Al Capone.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father’s fortitude.

I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.

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.

I don’t think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don’t believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.

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.

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

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.

A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.