Desi Arnaz Quotes

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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