The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called ‘showbiz.’ He meant flamboyant or raucous. Rita Moreno Read Quote
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. Rita Moreno Read Quote
I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it’s not mandatory. Rita Moreno Read Quote
My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall lady. I remember thinking, ‘Oh my goodness, a lady runs this country.’ Rita Moreno Read Quote
I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I’m very stubborn. Rita Moreno Read Quote
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. Rita Moreno Read Quote
I had no role models from my own community – there was no such thing. Earlier on, there were people like Dolores Del Rio, but I was too young for that – that was before me. There was really nobody out there. Rita Moreno Read Quote
