Puerto Rican - Actress | December 11, 1931 -
If you're going to make black movies only about black people, that's as bad as white movies only about white people.
Rita Moreno
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A lot of young Latino actors have said to me, 'Why can't we get an Oscar? Why can't we be nominated?' And the terrible truth is that if you don't get the right parts, you're not going to be. Are you going to get an Oscar nomination for one of those Judd Apatow movies? Not likely, no matter what nationality you are.
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The thing I get the most that I really love is that people don't so much mention films I've been in or shows I've been in as they say, instead, 'I love you. I just love your perseverance.' That really pleases me.
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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.
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My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body.
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The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.
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They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.
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When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?
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Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal.
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Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.
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When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.
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I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.
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