Twenty year old Lucille Ball in 1931.
I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn’t think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.
Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, 1950s
When they were having the baby and we did the shows about the birth of Little Ricky [which coincided with the birth of their real life child], Desi was terribly emotional about her. He really was crazy about her. You could feel how they felt.
William Asher, director
Lucy in London, 1966