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" A friend of my mother's, Irene Lopez, was a Spanish dancer. She saw me bopping around the room and said to my mother, 'Rosita might have talent. Can I take her to my dance teacher?' There was no thought of a career at that time, but I knew I loved the attention, and that's so much a part of being a performer. "

Rita Moreno

Teacher

Talent

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" Lupe Velez was way before me; Dolores Del Rio was way before me, so I had no one. So the only one I could think of that I identified with was this gorgeous creature named Elizabeth Taylor, so she became my role model. "

" I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments. "

" I was determined that with perseverance and faith, at some point, someone would say, 'This girl has talent,' and would cast me in something meaningful. "

Rita Moreno

Talent

Faith

" I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a lot of time living my life feeling that I wasn't worthy. "

" The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You can't do smoky ballads for 50 minutes in a concert. It's a different animal. "

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

" I figure if I keep my spirit in shape, the bones will take care of themselves. "

" I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. "

" Oh, I think Scarlett Johansson is a terrific actress. I think she's just marvelous. "

" Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. "

" I'm not afraid of color. I like color. "

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Afraid

Color

" I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries. "

" I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it. "

" If you're going to write about your life, you must write about your life. "

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

" The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous. "

" Doing 'The Electric Company' was the most fun ever. "

" Maybe it's my age, but I know I look good, so I'm not going to look like another person suddenly because I don't have makeup on - same hair, same person. "

" You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works. "

" Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply preferred the thrill of a denied release. Whatever put the brakes on the famous pelvis, it ground to a halt at a certain point, and that was it. "

" When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. "

" I feel like I could go on forever. "

Rita Moreno

I Feel Like

Feel

" I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. And it's genuine. "

Rita Moreno

People

Genuine

" Elvis was a sweet darling, shy fellow, but he was really boring. "

" I am a very positive and optimistic person. "

" I sing Broadway stuff in the shower, mostly. "

" If you're in a business where Latinos only play Indian maidens and what I call 'Conchita Lolita' parts - the little fiery spitfires - you do what you have to do. "

" I made a lot of mistakes. "