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

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Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.
All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. - Rita Moreno
I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. - Rita Moreno
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
No one's going to tell me how to make my own choices. For too many years, everybody told me what to say and what to do and how to be. - Rita Moreno
Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever. - Rita Moreno
Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. - Rita Moreno
When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing. - Mike Rutherford
My video has a lot to do with the inside of a woman. Usually, exercise videos refer to exteriors only. They never talk to a woman where she lives - in her heart and soul. I do that at the beginning and end of mine. - Rita Moreno
Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. - Rita Moreno