Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III Quotes
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The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.
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I went to high school with Al Capone.
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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.
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I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.
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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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Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.
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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.
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I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.
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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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Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
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The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.
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Lucy is such a perfectionist.
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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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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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Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
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Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.
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Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.
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Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
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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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Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.
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One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.
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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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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.