Rita Moreno Quotes

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Rita Moreno

Profession : Actress

Birth : December 11, 1931

Let's face it. How often do you see an Asian face in films and television? They are practically invisible. Now and then, you will get one, and, interestingly, he gets the role of a scientist. Isn't that interesting?

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It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses.

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'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet absolutely destroys me. They were both so wonderful in it.

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The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.

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When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

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Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal.

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When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.

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I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.

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I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.

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I'm so damn lucky to still be here at 85. If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming.

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When I was girl, you could still get certain jobs if you didn't have a diploma.

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What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.

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If you can find a way your character moves, you know more about your character than you'd ever dream.

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My video has a lot to do with the inside of a woman. Usually, exercise videos refer to exteriors only. They never talk to a woman where she lives - in her heart and soul. I do that at the beginning and end of mine.

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I'm an afternoon tea maven. I can tell you who has the best tea in every country.

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I knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers.

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I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.'

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I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.

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Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now.

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I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

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