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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Rita Moreno

Tears

Good

See

" It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses. "

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

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

" Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. "

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

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" I auditioned for 'West Side Story' just like everybody else, and I nearly had a heart attack, because I hadn't danced in about - oh, I don't know, about 15 years. "

Rita Moreno

Heart

Attack

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

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

Rita Moreno

Too Much

Young

" I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality. "

" 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. "

" I am a very positive and optimistic person. "

" 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 feel like I could go on forever. "

Rita Moreno

I Feel Like

Feel

" 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. "

" Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature? "

" 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. "

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

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Afraid

Color

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

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

" 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 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 was brought up on animal grease. "

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Grease

Animal

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

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

" I should be a representative for AARP! "

Rita Moreno

Representative

Should

" If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming. "

Rita Moreno

Good

Wake Up