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" Certain roles for older women are aimed at certain older actresses - I'm not one of those. I've been offered any number of Puerto Rican grandmas that I've turned down. "

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" 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? "

Rita Moreno

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" I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" No one's going to tell me how to make my own choices. For too many years, everybody told me what to say and what to do and how to be. "

Rita Moreno

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" People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about. "

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

" 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. "

" I am a very positive and optimistic person. "

" I made a lot of mistakes. "

" I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it's not mandatory. "

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

" Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever. "

" 'LIFE Magazine' decided to do a story about a young actress in Hollywood in 1954. And I made the cover. And I remember that the fellow who was doing the story on me said, 'Listen, kid, I just want you to know, if Eisenhower gets a cold, you're off the cover.' "

" My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall lady. I remember thinking, 'Oh my goodness, a lady runs this country.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news. "

" If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face. "

" I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them. "

" Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy. "

" 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. "

" I was always typecast as a Latina. "

" I think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart businesswoman. "

" I'm a raucous Puerto Rican! "

" Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. "

" I have stamina, and I have energy. "

Rita Moreno

Energy

Stamina

" A lot of young Latino actors have said to me, 'Why can't we get an Oscar? Why can't we be nominated?' And the terrible truth is that if you don't get the right parts, you're not going to be. Are you going to get an Oscar nomination for one of those Judd Apatow movies? Not likely, no matter what nationality you are. "

Rita Moreno

Movies

Truth

" They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. "

Rita Moreno

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