Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, better known as Desi Arnaz or Desi Arnaz, Sr., was a Cuban-born American musician, actor, television producer, writer, and director. He is best remembered for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American television series sitcom I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to whom he was married at the time. Arnaz was also internationally renowned for leading his Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra. Ball and he are generally credited as...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWorld Music Singer
Date of Birth2 March 1917
CountryUnited States of America
Mother came to New York to keep house for me.
No one could ever argue with me about people in show business being kind of nice.
Real intellectuals like to escape once in a while from their world of intellect.
The custom of my grandfather's day is still going strong in Latin America. American girls do not seem to understand it.
The Spanish and Cuban people have the same kind of wakes the Irish do. They go on for two or three days and drink a lot of booze and eat a lot of food.
The straw hat is the typical hat Cubans use. It's cool and keeps the sun away from your face.
Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange.
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Al Jolson was one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived.