Lucille Ball Quotes

American actress (1911–1989)

Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, actress and star of the sitcoms I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame.

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Birth Name: Lucille Désirée Ball

Alternative Names: Lucy Ball • Lucille Desiree Ball • First Lady of Television, • Queen of the B Movies, • Lucille Ball Morton • Lucille Ball Arnaz • Diane Belmont

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For there's a lot of masochism in the acting profession. We're willing to take a lot of punishment, but the minute we hit a little bit of success we are liable to run from it. We're frightened of it and develop all kinds of phobias as a consequence. Outsiders who don't understand think we have a chip on our shoulder, but it's not that at all. We're so used to failure, to being hurt and rebuffed, that we can easily come unhinged by success.

"You won't be happy, whatever you do, unless you're comfortable with your own conscience. Keep your head up, keep your shoulders back, keep your self-respect, be nice, be smart. And remember that there are practically no "overnight" successes."

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

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.