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" 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. "
Rita Moreno
Me
Fools
Funny
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" The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you. "
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" I make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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" Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now. "
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" Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal. "
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" I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz. "
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" Doing 'The Electric Company' was the most fun ever. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" I was never offered enough, and that's the truth. "
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Offered
Never
" I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that. "
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" 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. "
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Early
Laugh
" If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face. "
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Had
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" I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Just
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" I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. "
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Evil
World
Time
" 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. "
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Got
Big
" 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? "
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" You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special. "
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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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" You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way. "
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" I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments. "
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" I'm proud of me. "
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" If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming. "
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