Desi Arnaz Quotes

• Lucy is such a perfectionist.

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• Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.

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

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• I went to high school with Al Capone.

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

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• I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.

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• 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.

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

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

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• Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

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

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

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

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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• Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.

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

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Desi Arnaz (27)

Birth:	2nd March, 1917
Death:	2nd December, 1986
Nationality:	American, Cuban
Profession:	Actor, Musician, Producer

About

Desi Arnaz was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time. He is generally credited as the inventor of the rerun.

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