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.”

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

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

“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.”

“I went to high school with Al Capone.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 is such a perfectionist.”

“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.”

“Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.”

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

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

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