All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I'm so damn lucky to still be here at 85. If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good.… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Doing 'Life Without Makeup' onstage is what inspired me to do a book in the first place. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I've been neurotic in my life; I've had neurotic relationships with men. What else is new? But you really have to learn… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
'LIFE Magazine' decided to do a story about a young actress in Hollywood in 1954. And I made the cover. And I… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
My middle name really is perseverance. I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I love being onstage, I love getting applause, and I love the love that comes across the footlights. It's so much a… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
If you're going to write about your life, you must write about your life. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
My mother's feeling about men in general were always a bit of a mystery to me. She had difficulties in Puerto Rico… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other? — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
As you get older one tends to develop what I call a wobble. I would rather eat glass than let that happen to my… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
Los Angles is not my favorite city. Well, I shouldn't say that... I love to visit it, on a temporary basis. It's just such… — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
