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
cannot good knowing
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
confidence knowing important
Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.
age-and-aging eat lie secret staying
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
t
I don't do T & A very well because I haven't got much of either.
busy faith hard keeping learned life optimism pay restore
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to getdiscouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore yourfaith in yourself.
american-comedian busy faith hard keeping learned life optimism pay restore t
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
mistake years mad
When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself.
people comedy teach
People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.
hurt interest liberated
Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
children thinking two
I'm sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us. We didn't think Desilu Productions would grow so big. We merely wanted to be together and have two children.
quilts hands tables
Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.
thinking
I never thought I was funny. I don't THINK funny.
years hollywood shy
I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.
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.