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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. "

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" A lot of young Latino actors have said to me, 'Why can't we get an Oscar? Why can't we be nominated?' And the terrible truth is that if you don't get the right parts, you're not going to be. Are you going to get an Oscar nomination for one of those Judd Apatow movies? Not likely, no matter what nationality you are. "

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

" My idol when I was a kid was Elizabeth Taylor. "

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

" 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 think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries. "

" My best work happened on the stage. "

" 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. "

" I'm a person who perseveres. You know, you fall down, you get up. "

" 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. "

" When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" '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.' "

" Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot for them to do. It's just coffee-pouring on a bigger scale. "

" 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 can't dwell on past mistakes. "

" 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. "

" You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer. "

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

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

" 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 knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers. "

" I was determined that with perseverance and faith, at some point, someone would say, 'This girl has talent,' and would cast me in something meaningful. "

" My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall lady. I remember thinking, 'Oh my goodness, a lady runs this country.' "

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

" I started dancing almost before I could walk. "

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

" I was always typecast as a Latina. "

" 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.' "