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Desi Arnaz

Born: March 2, 1917

Died: December 2, 1986

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor, musician, producer

Biography: Desi Arnaz was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time. He is generally credited as the inventor of the rerun.

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

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“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.”

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

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

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“Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.”

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

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

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

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

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“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.”

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“I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.”

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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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