146 Quotes by Rita Moreno

My middle name really is perseverance. 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. But even then I knew that I had something special, and maybe that's what it takes. Maybe people need to have that kind of particular core driving them. But I felt I had talent.

I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.

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

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.

I have stamina, and I have energy.

Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.

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

I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.