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" It's not easy having a partnership in this business. "
Rita Moreno
Having
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Business
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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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" 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. "
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" I am the happiest Hispanic I've ever met. Truly. "
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" I was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico. "
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" 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. "
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" Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now. "
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" I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.' "
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" All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. "
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" 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. "
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" You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works. "
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" I'm proud of me. "
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" I am a very positive and optimistic person. "
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" I - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough. "
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" Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. "
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" I am a woman of the moment. "
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" I just love details; I love trying to make the reader smell what I was smelling at the time and see what I was seeing. Textures, too - all that kind of stuff is probably my strong suit as far as my writing goes, I would say. "
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Love
" My husband and I were very different: I'm spontaneous and emotional; I'm loud - he was exactly the opposite. But you need to be flexible. "
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" 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.' "
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" I knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers. "
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Before
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" I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted. "
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Bumped
Rubber
Wall
" 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. "
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My Life
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" Doing 'Life Without Makeup' onstage is what inspired me to do a book in the first place. "
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Me
" 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. "
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Strong
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" I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. "
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" 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. "
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" Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever. "
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Skin
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" I was never offered enough, and that's the truth. "
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Offered
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" If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face. "
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" 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. "
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