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
It's really amazing that two people from such different backgrounds and geographical origins ever got together. That was perhaps part of the attraction.
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.
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.
The straw hat is the typical hat Cubans use. It's cool and keeps the sun away from your face.
Good things do not come easy. The road is lined with pitfalls.
I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.
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.
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.
Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.
I went to high school with Al Capone.
Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.
I was an only child, but I did have a hell of a lot of cousins.