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I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it.
Rita Moreno
Rain
Year
Once
Once A Year
Adore
Singin
Least
Just
Grandchildren
Watch
When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful.
Rita Moreno
You
Wonderful
Fatter
Brain
Getting
Just
Richer
Engage
Your
Keeps
The wonderful thing about cabaret is, you can do a lot of things you can't do in a concert. You can't do smoky ballads for 50 minutes in a concert. It's a different animal.
Rita Moreno
You
Animal
Wonderful
Minutes
About
Cabaret
Concert
Smoky
Ballads
Lot
Wonderful Thing
Different
Different Animal
Thing
Things
My mother's feeling about men in general were always a bit of a mystery to me. She had difficulties in Puerto Rico with the men in her life. Her brothers abused her. It's very easy to be judgmental, but more often than not, there are mitigating circumstances, and children are not usually aware of those.
Rita Moreno
Life
Me
Mother
Men
Feeling
Difficulties
Bit
Those
Circumstances
Easy
Brothers
About
General
More
Mystery
Had
Abuse
She
Judgmental
Always
Were
Very
Than
Often
Children
Rico
Aware
Her
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say.
Rita Moreno
Sweet
Elvis
Say
Kind
He
Lot
Really
Whole
Bashful
I make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it.
Rita Moreno
Home
Make
Fresh
Always
Soups
Lot
Bread
I made a lot of mistakes.
Rita Moreno
Made
Mistakes
Lot
If you're in a business where Latinos only play Indian maidens and what I call 'Conchita Lolita' parts - the little fiery spitfires - you do what you have to do.
Rita Moreno
You
Business
Latinos
Indian
Only
Call
Parts
Where
Little
Fiery
Play
I think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart businesswoman.
Rita Moreno
Smart
Think
She
Concerned
Very
As Far As
Far
Really
Businesswoman
Jennifer
Jennifer Lopez
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.
Rita Moreno
Good
Thought
First
Changed
Rita
Stepfather
Studios
Stepped
True
Idea
Name
Became
Got
Contract
Yes
Just
Which
Then
Rosa
Film
Actually
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.
Rita Moreno
You
Say
Says
Out
See
He
Talk
Heartbreaking
Oh
Want
Heck
Script
Agent
Your
Play
You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way.
Rita Moreno
Life
You
Achievement
Yourself
Wish
Other
Way
See
Some
Someday
Award
Oscar
Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever.
Rita Moreno
Character
Dark
Whatever
Skin
Those
East
Indian
Could
Had
Princess
Parts
Got
Any
Who
Play
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
Myself
People
Girl
Few
Nothing
Latino
Variety
Like
Were
Very
Roles
Little
Little Girl
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.
Rita Moreno
Me
First
Out
Mentioned
She
Became
Friend
Rodriguez
Article
Just
Which
Jane
Sent
Aware
Starting
I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.
Rita Moreno
Daughter
Broadway
Out
Would
Miss
Doing
Just
Want
Grandchildren
I'm proud of me.
Rita Moreno
Me
Proud
I'm not afraid of color. I like color.
Rita Moreno
Color
Like
Afraid
My grandkids are everything to me. For me, family is all!
Rita Moreno
Family
Me
Everything
Grandkids
I should be a representative for AARP!
Rita Moreno
Representative
Should
The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you.
Rita Moreno
You
Group
One Thing
Someone
Like
Well
Learned
Die
The One Thing
Really
Therapy
Thing
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.
Rita Moreno
Life
Time
My Life
Feeling
Living
Spent
Worthy
Had
Talent
Like
Sort
Felt
Always
Lot
Very
Inferior
Person
Which
Even
Believed
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.
Rita Moreno
Me
You
People
Job
Sorry
Think
Else
Way
Say
See
About
Give
No-One
Support
Gosh
Always
Very
Going
Often
Happen
Who
Actor
Why
Here
I've been neurotic in my life; I've had neurotic relationships with men. What else is new? But you really have to learn to be resilient - able to bounce back, pick yourself up, and just keep moving.
Rita Moreno
Life
You
Yourself
Men
My Life
Keep Moving
Else
Back
Relationships
Able
Neurotic
Had
Pick
Bounce
New
Learn
Been
Up
Just
Moving
Really
Keep
Resilient
I wore so much rubber when I was at MGM, I bumped into the wall once, and I ricocheted.
Rita Moreno
Once
Bumped
Wall
Wore
Much
Rubber
Certain roles for older women are aimed at certain older actresses - I'm not one of those. I've been offered any number of Puerto Rican grandmas that I've turned down.
Rita Moreno
Women
Down
Older
Those
Been
Women Are
Offered
Roles
Any
Rican
Turned
Certain
Actress
Older Women
Puerto
Puerto Rican
Number
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