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

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" The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes. "

" If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming. "

" I'm proud of me. "

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

" I was brought up on animal grease. "

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

" You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and some of those things will be embarrassing. "

" I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted. "

" 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. "

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

" I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was very dark but a really brilliant movie. I loved being in 'The Ritz.' 'The Ritz' I think is just hilarious. I just saw it again recently and by God, it's still funny! "

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

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

" 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'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. "

" Doing 'Life Without Makeup' onstage is what inspired me to do a book in the first place. "

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

" Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. "

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

" Let's face it. How often do you see an Asian face in films and television? They are practically invisible. Now and then, you will get one, and, interestingly, he gets the role of a scientist. Isn't that interesting? "

" My mother's feeling about men in general were always a bit of a mystery to me. She had difficulties in Puerto Rico with the men in her life. Her brothers abused her. It's very easy to be judgmental, but more often than not, there are mitigating circumstances, and children are not usually aware of those. "

" 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. "

" 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 was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico. "

" 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.' "

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