Puerto Rican - Actress | December 11, 1931 -
I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.'
Rita Moreno
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I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.
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Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now.
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I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.
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You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.
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Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?
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I grew up as a child who felt she was very inferior to everyone else.
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I never had an easy time making friends in the past, for many reasons. I didn't go into therapy for nothing.
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I've always had this image of this strong, sprightly person who is undaunted by anything; on the contrary, I was one of the shyest, most unsure people you ever met in your life. But I have one very specific quality: I'm plucky. I really am. I would say that's a perfect description of my personality.
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I am a very positive and optimistic person.
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If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.
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'America' took at least five days of actual filming.
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