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
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I don't do T & A very well because I haven't got much of either.
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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.
people comedy teach
People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.
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.
television world recognition
Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world.
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.
stupid trying tvs
I will never do another TV series. It couldn't top I Love Lucy, and I'd be foolish to try. In this business, you have to know when to get off.
regret talent appreciative
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
teenager thinking others-opinions
I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.
differences empathy too-much
There's a great deal of difference between temperament and temper. Temperament is something you welcome creatively, for it is based on sensitivity, empathy, awareness ... but a bad temper takes too much out of you and doesn't really accomplish anything.
reality hard-life good-things
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
age-and-aging eat lie secret staying
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.