- Lucille Ball: My career was built on everything Ann Sothern didn't have time to do. True. Not funny. And I was very grateful for it.
- Student: Today, where do you see the direction of comedy and situation comedy on television?
- Lucille Ball: Down the toilet. By that I mean we are getting too much 'terror in the streets' as entertainment.
- Lucille Ball: They're trying to make comedy out of abortions, mastectomies, name it - vasectomies. Who the hell wants to hear listen to that for fun.