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Desi Arnaz Quotes

Type: Actor Quotes Category: American Actor Quotes Date of Birth: March 2, 1917 Date of Death: December 2, 1986 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: Desi Arnaz Related Authors: Will Rogers Jack Nicholson Orson Welles Richard Pryor Dirk Benedict Denzel Washington Harrison Ford Don Johnson

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. Desi Arnaz Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived. Desi Arnaz 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. Desi Arnaz An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. Desi Arnaz An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh. Desi Arnaz At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy. Desi Arnaz Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. Desi Arnaz Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any. Desi Arnaz Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it. Desi Arnaz Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls. Desi Arnaz I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star. 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. Desi Arnaz I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat. Desi Arnaz I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. Desi Arnaz I went to high school with Al Capone. Desi Arnaz Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts. Desi Arnaz Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously. Desi Arnaz Lucy is such a perfectionist. Desi Arnaz 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. Desi Arnaz 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. Desi Arnaz Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes. Desi Arnaz One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes. Desi Arnaz Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do. Desi Arnaz 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. Desi Arnaz The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15. Desi Arnaz The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange. Desi Arnaz When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us. Desi Arnaz

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