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" I just love details; I love trying to make the reader smell what I was smelling at the time and see what I was seeing. Textures, too - all that kind of stuff is probably my strong suit as far as my writing goes, I would say. "

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" You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they don't want to see you. That's heartbreaking. "

Rita Moreno

I Can

Want

Talk

" I am a very positive and optimistic person. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body. "

Rita Moreno

Voice

Body

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

" Actually, my true name is Rosa Dolores Alverio. And then I became Rosita Moreno when a stepfather stepped in. And when I got to MGM studios, which was my first film contract, they just thought that Rosita wasn't a good name, and they changed it to Rita. And yes, it was their idea. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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

" Doing 'Life Without Makeup' onstage is what inspired me to do a book in the first place. "

Rita Moreno

Book

Place

" 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. "

" 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've been neurotic in my life; I've had neurotic relationships with men. What else is new? But you really have to learn to be resilient - able to bounce back, pick yourself up, and just keep moving. "

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

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

Rita Moreno

Afraid

Color

" I'm a person who perseveres. You know, you fall down, you get up. "

Rita Moreno

Fall

You

" 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. "

" You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and some of those things will be embarrassing. "

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

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

" I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned. "

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

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