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" My video has a lot to do with the inside of a woman. Usually, exercise videos refer to exteriors only. They never talk to a woman where she lives - in her heart and soul. I do that at the beginning and end of mine. "

Rita Moreno

Woman

Beginning

End

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Rita Moreno

Talent

Faith

" The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous. "

" 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. "

" People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about. "

" I'm a raucous Puerto Rican! "

" 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 have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was so confusing about that, which I mention in my book, is that I assumed I had to have an accent. Nobody said anything, so I made up what I call the universal ethnic accent, and they all sounded alike. It didn't matter who I was playing. "

" I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person. "

" 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

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

" 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.' "

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

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

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

" Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally. "

" 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 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. "

" My grandkids are everything to me. For me, family is all! "

" 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. "

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

" I feel like I could go on forever. "

Rita Moreno

I Feel Like

Feel

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

" I was never offered enough, and that's the truth. "

" I can't dwell on past mistakes. "