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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. "

Rita Moreno

Puerto Rico

Wonder

Sun

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

Rita Moreno

People

Genuine

" 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. "

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

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

Rita Moreno

Fall

You

" There is something about sex that always brings out the funny in me. I think it's because we make such fools of ourselves over it. "

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Fools

Funny

" I made a lot of mistakes. "

" The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you. "

" I have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was so confusing about that, which I mention in my book, is that I assumed I had to have an accent. Nobody said anything, so I made up what I call the universal ethnic accent, and they all sounded alike. It didn't matter who I was playing. "

" I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. "

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

" 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. "

" You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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 - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough. "

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

" The thing I get the most that I really love is that people don't so much mention films I've been in or shows I've been in as they say, instead, 'I love you. I just love your perseverance.' That really pleases me. "

" I was not treated like a serious young actress, and that was very hard. It sent me into psychotherapy, which is one of the smartest things I ever did. It taught me that I had to find value in myself. "