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" I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it. "

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" 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. "

" 'LIFE Magazine' decided to do a story about a young actress in Hollywood in 1954. And I made the cover. And I remember that the fellow who was doing the story on me said, 'Listen, kid, I just want you to know, if Eisenhower gets a cold, you're off the cover.' "

" I'm an afternoon tea maven. I can tell you who has the best tea in every country. "

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

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

" 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. "

" They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. "

" I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that. "

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

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

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

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

" I can't dwell on past mistakes. "

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

" You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special. "

" 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. "

" I first became aware of Gina Rodriguez when she was just starting out starring on 'Jane the Virgin,' and a friend sent me an article in which she mentioned me. "

" I'm one of those performers who has done just about everything except juggle, and I'm working on that. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You can't do smoky ballads for 50 minutes in a concert. It's a different animal. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I never had an easy time making friends in the past, for many reasons. I didn't go into therapy for nothing. "

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

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