Quotes from Rita Moreno

I think it's important to be reminded that that's what this country is comprised of - people from other countries.

I should be a representative for AARP!

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

I - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough.

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.

C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.

Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and being ridiculed. There's just not a whole lot for them to do. It's just coffee-pouring on a bigger scale.

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

I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it's not mandatory.

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 think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart businesswoman.

I had no role models from my own community - there was no such thing. Earlier on, there were people like Dolores Del Rio, but I was too young for that - that was before me. There was really nobody out there.

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.

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

'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet absolutely destroys me. They were both so wonderful in it.

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

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.

I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. And it's genuine.

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

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.

I think Mike Nichols is brilliant, but I think Jerry Robbins was a genius.

I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way.

Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way. You can see why performers get very self-absorbed.