Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.
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.
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.
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.
Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.
An audience is so important. I would never have had the guts to dub in that big a laugh.
At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.
I went to high school with Al Capone.
Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.
The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.
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.
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.
I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.
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.
Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.
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.
I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.
