Lucy and Desi credited each other when asked who was responsible for their success
A good marriage is based on mutual respect. You can't love someone that you're not capable of respecting. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, marital partners as well as professionals, had the rare gift of admiring each other in more ways than one.
The two loved each other very much, both as spouses and as entertainers.
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"No — of course not," said Ball, when asked if the success of their careers ever got to be overwhelming during an interview with the Quad-City Times. "I'd rather the rush, for I still remember those long years of being lonely — when Desi was on tour."
Both Arnaz and Ball were incredibly humble and were quick to credit their significant other when asked who was responsible for their success. "It is all Lucy," said Arnaz.
"No," Ball said, "it is Desi. I am no businesswoman. I can't even add up a gin rummy score and make the total come out the same way twice."
Both Ball and Arnaz held each other in high esteem, but they were also incredibly realistic about what they expected to get out of their successes in the entertainment industry and concentrated on diversifying themselves in order to retain that success.
"It is overwhelming — and sometimes terrifying, but we don't expect to stay on top, career-wise, forever," Ball said. "Desilu is producing other films now besides ours."
"The one thing we are most grateful for is our success," said Arnaz.
"We try to do everything together," Ball said. "Whether it is the discipline of our children, problems in our home, or our hobbies — we both believe you have to give a little and take a little to make a go of it."
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