Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
Lucille Désirée Ballwas an American actress, comedian, model, film-studio executive, and producer. She was best known as the star of the self-produced sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth6 August 1911
CityJamestown, NY
CountryUnited States of America
life-is-short habit situation
Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.
happiness happy spring
It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.
responsibility ability
Responsibility is the ability to respond.
can-do
The more things you do, the more things you can do.
love-you fall rest-of-your-life
Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.
regret talent appreciative
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
good-luck hard-work opportunity
Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
happiness believe happy-life
I believe that we're as happy in life as we make up our minds to be.
success taken goal
remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make. I want you please not to be taken up in the undertow of pessimism.
attitude hard-work makeup
I don't suppose that hard work, discipline, and a perfectionist attitude toward my work did me any harm. They are a big part of my makeup today, as any of my co-workers will tell you. And when life seemed unbearable, I learned to live in my imagination, and to step inside other people's skins- indispensable abilities for an actress.
television world recognition
Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world.
hurt interest liberated
Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
brave directors scared
I am not funny. The writers were funny. My directors were funny. The situations were funny… What I am is brave. I have never been scared. Not when I did movies, certainly not when I was a model and not when I did I Love Lucy.
people comedy teach
People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.