Rita Moreno Quotes

'LIFE Magazine' decided to do a story about a young actress in Hollywood in 1954. And I made the cover. And I remember that the fellow who was doing the story on me said, 'Listen, kid, I just want you to know, if Eisenhower gets a cold, you're off the cover.'

Rita Moreno

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LifeMeColdStoryDoingRemember

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

Joe Dempsie

GoodPerformanceAlwaysDestroyRid

You have to love the doing of what you're doing and not wait for the phone to ring.

Robert Stack

LoveWaitDoingYouPhoneRing

By now, we all know that Hollywood producers always chase after the same properties, that the sharks circle simply because the other sharks are circling.

Jeff Giles

SharksCircleKnowNowHollywood

I never think about Wall Street - why should I - but to go down there so often while filming 'Working Girl,' to become acquainted with this whole different world, and to find out what goes on behind the scenes, is so interesting. There's so much of the city that you don't really bother to investigate. Ahh... New York.

Sigourney Weaver

GirlNew YorkCityWorldThinkYou

There really isn't a day when I wake up and DON'T have to be someplace.

Trish Stratus

DayWake UpUpReallyWake

The exclusion of God automatically means the inclusion of evil.

Tony Evans

GodEvilInclusionExclusionMeans

I haven't been to many music events where somebody was performing and it actually made me cry.

Robbie Robertson

MusicMeCryEventsWhereBeen

People who wander are nicer to be with. Movement militates against hoarding possessions and against bigotry, because you are constantly moving across boundaries and having to negotiate with people.

Robyn Davidson

PeopleMovingYouWanderMovement

I understand Scouse - I think!

Mohamed Salah

ThinkUnderstandI Think

I once met a man who was a billionaire, and I said to him: 'Are you a self-made man?' - and he turned around and said: 'No man is self-made;' and certainly, if you want to make films or get into television or even theatre, the amount of help that you need, the amount of people who need to give you a helping hand is extraordinary.

Christian McKay

ManPeopleTheatreHelpYouSaid

It's not in the interest of the artist to think of his market.

Chris Van Allsburg

ThinkArtistInterestMarketHis

You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.

Bruno Heller

TimeSucceedThinkTryingYouWill

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