Zitat des Tages von Desi Arnaz:
An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.
Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.
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.
Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.
Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.
I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.
Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
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.
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.
The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.
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.
At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.
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.
Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
I went to high school with Al Capone.
One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.