The Barbara Walters Summer Special (TV Series)

Interviews of a Lifetime: Lucille Ball (1977)

Lucille Ball: Self

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Quotes 

• Lucille Ball : [about her home]  There's always one room you live in. Play games in. The plants grow better in.

• Herself - Host : When you and Desi were married you had everything.

  Lucille Ball : We had nothing. He had his own band, and was in a play in New York.

• Herself - Host : [about Lucy's marriage to Desi]  And then it fell apart.

  Lucille Ball : That was his problem.

• Herself - Host : They say you're very tough to work for. Are you? Are you a perfectionist?

  Lucille Ball : Perfectionist? I have an attention to detail. That's the way I learned my craft.

• Lucille Ball : hey're trying to make entertainment out of newsreels. What we see in news, which is not very happy these days. To me, that's not entertainment.

• Lucille Ball : [about Desi Arnaz]  I married a loser. He could win, win, high stakes. He worked very hard, but he had to lose. Everything he built, he had to break down. He still claims he's the same way.