Desi Arnaz Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

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

Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.

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

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

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

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

The thing I remember about New York was how little I felt. I arrived with one small bag and $15.

I didn't know anything about acting, much less about acting in a comedy.

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

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

Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.

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

I was the only male of the Arnaz family in my generation.

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

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

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

The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.