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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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" It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses. "

Rita Moreno

Myself

Opportunities

Hispanic

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Rita Moreno

Friend

Just

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

" I am a woman of the moment. "

" They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. "

Rita Moreno

Thrilled

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

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

" I auditioned for 'West Side Story' just like everybody else, and I nearly had a heart attack, because I hadn't danced in about - oh, I don't know, about 15 years. "

Rita Moreno

Heart

Attack

" You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works. "

" If you can find a way your character moves, you know more about your character than you'd ever dream. "

" I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments. "

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

" Elvis was a sweet darling, shy fellow, but he was really boring. "

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

" I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it's not mandatory. "

" 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. "

Rita Moreno

Movies

Truth

" 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. "

" My best work happened on the stage. "

" I can't dwell on past mistakes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I feel like I could go on forever. "

Rita Moreno

I Feel Like

Feel

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

Rita Moreno

Good

Wake Up

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

" 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

Fools

Funny

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

" Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now. "