When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.

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

Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.

Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it.

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

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

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

I went to high school with Al Capone.

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.

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

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

Lucy is such a perfectionist.

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

Nobody bats 500. We all make mistakes.

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.

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

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

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.

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don’t believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Lucy and I would love furiously and fight furiously.