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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My best work happened on the stage. "

" 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. "

" If you're in a business where Latinos only play Indian maidens and what I call 'Conchita Lolita' parts - the little fiery spitfires - you do what you have to do. "

" Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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'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. "

" What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves. "

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

" When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' and then they call my name, and I was absolutely paralyzed. And I remember walking down to the stage and saying to myself, 'Don't run. It's not dignified.' "

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

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

" 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 make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it. "

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