Use a make-up table with everything close at hand and don't rush; otherwise you'll look like a patchwork quilt.

People either have comedy or they don't. You can't teach it to them.

I never thought I was funny. I don't THINK funny.

Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.

I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.

I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. It was the worst period of my life. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally.

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.