146 Quotes by Rita Moreno

You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer.

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

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.

Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply preferred the thrill of a denied release. Whatever put the brakes on the famous pelvis, it ground to a halt at a certain point, and that was it.

I'm a raucous Puerto Rican!

I was the artsy one, and my husband took care of all our finances. It was the Latino way - the man is in charge of the money.

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

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