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" You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they don't want to see you. That's heartbreaking. "

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" I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person. "

" I'm proud of me. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it. "

" '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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have stamina, and I have energy. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. "

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

" 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. "

" I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it. "