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I'm not afraid of color. I like color. - Rita Moreno
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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. - Rita Moreno
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Roles
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I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned. - Rita Moreno
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Heartbreak
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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
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Actresses
Heartbreaking
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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. - Rita Moreno
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Backwards
Anything
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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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Princess
Parts
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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
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Inside
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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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Daughter
Grandchildren
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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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Creature
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I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else. - Rita Moreno
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Everyone
Felt
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Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy. - Rita Moreno
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Makes
Whatever
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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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Important
Philosophy
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Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. - Rita Moreno
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Bigger
Difficult
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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
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Make
Everybody
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Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that. - Rita Moreno
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Tolerance
Arrogance
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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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Obviously
Accent
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Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. - Rita Moreno
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Moving
Never
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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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Racism
Sexism
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I loved being in the film called 'Carnal Knowledge' - the one with Jack Nicholson, which was very dark but a really brilliant movie. I loved being in 'The Ritz.' 'The Ritz' I think is just hilarious. I just saw it again recently and by God, it's still funny! - Rita Moreno
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Recently
Hilarious
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When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful. - Rita Moreno
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Wonderful
Engage
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