Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. - Rita Moreno

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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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Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. - Rita Moreno

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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. - Rita Moreno

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But, truly, I have wept too much! The Dawns are heartbreaking. Every moon is atrocious and every sun bitter.

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All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. - Rita Moreno

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I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that. - Rita Moreno

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Lupe Velez was way before me; Dolores Del Rio was way before me, so I had no one. So the only one I could think of that I identified with was this gorgeous creature named Elizabeth Taylor, so she became my role model. - Rita Moreno

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

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I still love the people I’ve loved, even if I cross the street to avoid them.

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