Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (Desi Arnaz) Quotes
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
Quotes to Explore
-
In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
-
There's nothing unnatural in creation.
-
There are a lot of films that are drug dramas, and we didn't want to tell Scarface again.
-
'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
-
It's a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.
-
A lot of West Virginia is untouched. It doesn't have as many strip malls, it has these old towns that feel like it used to be how it looked. Charleston has this river that runs through it, and it's really beautiful.
-
The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
-
If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
-
Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
-
It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
-
'Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.
-
To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
-
I'm a political conservative.
-
I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
-
I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
-
If your child is born with a port-wine stain, they should be seen immediately by a pediatric dermatologist. Your pediatrician does not understand these birthmarks as well as a specialist.
-
It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.
-
The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.
-
We had something to prove after getting beat like we did last night because that wasn't our team.
-
There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'
-
In 1974 I was trying to get my first little band together. That year marked kind of a traumatic point in my life, but I had a lot of support from friends and family and a lot of good things ended up coming out of it.
-
Cardio is a nice way to start the morning, man. Whether you sit on the bike for half an hour or throw on two jumpers and just sweat, it's good to get up, get the body active, put on your headphones, and just pedal away.
-
There must be some good in the cocktail party to account for its immense vogue among otherwise sane people.
-
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
