Desi Arnaz quotes Born: 03/02/1917 Died: 00/00/1986 Country: usa

• 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. (Desi Arnaz) [look/motivation]
• Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived. (Desi Arnaz)
• 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) [people/ability]
• An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. (Desi Arnaz)
• 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)
• Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. (Desi Arnaz) [needs]
• Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. (Desi Arnaz) [career]
• Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it. (Desi Arnaz) [thing/business/fail]
• Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls. (Desi Arnaz)
• I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife. (Desi Arnaz) [housing/wife]
• I didn't know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy. (Desi Arnaz)
• I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star. (Desi Arnaz) [think]
• I got $15 per week for cleaning out canary cages. (Desi Arnaz) [cleaning]
• I had always been a drinking man. Lucy knew that. (Desi Arnaz)
• 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) [television/love]
• I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat. (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)
• I Love Lucy was never just a title! (Desi Arnaz) [love]
• I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force. (Desi Arnaz)
• I think one of the problems was that we were both working too hard and were together too much-all day and all night. (Desi Arnaz) [think/day/night]
• I was 22 years old. The show was a big hit. And this doctor was sitting there telling me I had syphillis! (Desi Arnaz)
• I was a young guy in his first big hit on Broadway, enjoying every minute of life and drinking everything that was sweet to drink. (Desi Arnaz) [life/]
• I was about to drive through the gate of one of the most famous motion-picture studios in the world. I had to pinch myself to believe it. (Desi Arnaz)
• I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins. (Desi Arnaz) [child]
• I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation. (Desi Arnaz) [family/generation]
• I went to high school with Al Capone. (Desi Arnaz) [high/school]
• In 1934 there were very few Cubans in Miami. (Desi Arnaz)
• It became a ritual that at each of our anniversaries I sang a song and sent her red and white carnations. (Desi Arnaz) [ritual]
• It was easy for viewers to identify with our show. The characters were believable. (Desi Arnaz)
• It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction. (Desi Arnaz) [people/attraction]

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