Best 29 quotes of Desi Arnaz on MyQuotes

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.

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.

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.

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.

I could have stayed home and been kept by my wife.

I had never intended to be on the show more than three years, regardless of how successful it was. I had other things I wanted to do. And I was offered a role in 'Red Sky at Morning', [1970]. I got that part because [producer] Hal Wallis had seen the HERE'S LUCY show with Ann-Margaret. It was a thrill for me, getting to do the drama and comedy. It was such a good role. So I missed several episodes of the show to shoot the movie. And I never came back but one.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force.

It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.

It was easy for viewers to identify with our show. The characters were believable.

I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.

Making a television show is not like making Coca-Cola or Bacardi rum. The human element in our business prevents us from finding a successful formula every time.

Mother came to New York to keep house for me.

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.

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.

No one could ever argue with me about people in show business being kind of nice.

One of my biggest problems with comedy was that I did not understand some of the jokes.

Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.

The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.

The Spanish and Cuban people have the same kind of wakes the Irish do. They go on for two or three days and drink a lot of booze and eat a lot of food.

The straw hat is the typical hat Cubans use. It's cool and keeps the sun away from your face.

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.

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.

When I get in the sun I get very tanned. You can't tell me from the native fishermen in Hawaii or Mexico.