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

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" I'm not afraid of color. I like color. "

" 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? "

" 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 love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.' "

" When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. "

" You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way. "

" What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves. "

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

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

" I sing Broadway stuff in the shower, mostly. "

" 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. "

" This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news. "

" Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever. "

" 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. "

" Beyonce moves a lot. She's astonishing, dances and sings at the same time. She is buff. "

" I can't dwell on past mistakes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" When I was girl, you could still get certain jobs if you didn't have a diploma. "

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

" When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other? "

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

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

" I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a lot of time living my life feeling that I wasn't worthy. "

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

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

" 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. "