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" I was brought up on animal grease. "

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

" Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot for them to do. It's just coffee-pouring on a bigger scale. "

" I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a part of what I do and what I've done most of my life. "

" I had no role models from my own community - there was no such thing. Earlier on, there were people like Dolores Del Rio, but I was too young for that - that was before me. There was really nobody out there. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" There are some fabulous treasures of photos of me during the early days of my career; there are these pin-up photos that make me laugh: I look like the poor man's Maria Montez. But there are some I look at, and I didn't realize how sexy I looked back then. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I am the happiest Hispanic I've ever met. Truly. "

" I started dancing almost before I could walk. "

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

" Beyonce moves a lot. She's astonishing, dances and sings at the same time. She is buff. "

" I think Mike Nichols is brilliant, but I think Jerry Robbins was a genius. "

" 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. "

" I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young. "

" I was the artsy one, and my husband took care of all our finances. It was the Latino way - the man is in charge of the money. "

" 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.' "

" Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way. You can see why performers get very self-absorbed. "

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

" 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. "

" I made a lot of mistakes. "