Desi Arnaz Quotes
- Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
- I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…
- Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.
- An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.
- An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
- Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
- One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.
- Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
- I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.
- I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.
- I went to high school with Al Capone.
- Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
- 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…
- 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.