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All Quotes by author - Desi Arnaz

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 learned a lot from Xavier Cugat. "

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

" I went to high school with Al Capone. "

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

" Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously. "

" Lucy is such a perfectionist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes. "

" One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes. "

" Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do. "

" 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. "

" The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15. "

" The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange. "

" When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us. "

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