American - Actor | March 2, 1917 - December 2, 1986
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
Desi Arnaz
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Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
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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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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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I went to high school with Al Capone.
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Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
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Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.
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Lucy is such a perfectionist.
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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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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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Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.
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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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