“Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accen...” — Desi Arnaz Quote

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.

I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude.

An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa.

At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.

I think sometimes, especially when people were first getting introduced to me, they heard my accent and immediately thought, There's no way this girl could be that country.

I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.

I have a corn creamer that I love. It extracts pulp and juice from kernels, and I simmer that down into a creamed corn that has an almost mashed potato-like consistency. I add butter and hit it with chopped fresh chives at the end for an accent of color.

I speak with a Northern Irish accent with a tinge of New York. My wife has a bit of a Boston accent; my oldest daughter talks with a Denver accent, and my youngest has a true blue Aussie accent. It's complicated.