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Rita Moreno Biography

Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano; December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer. Her career has spanned over 70 years; among her notable acting work are supporting roles in the musical films The King and I and West Side Story, as well as a 1971–77 stint on the children's television series The Electric Company, and a supporting role on the 1997–2003 TV drama Oz.

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Retirement is just not in my DNA.

Dna, Retirement

You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

Special, Oscars, Performances, Turned, Unless

Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

Bigger Than Life, Life Is, Bigger, Difficult, Life

I've always been a very sexual person. That doesn't mean I'm going around feeling my breasts and pressing myself against men, but I'm a sexual being.

Feeling, Feelings, Mean, Men, Sexual

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

Instance, People, Person, Playing, Sense, Sense Of Humor

Puerto Ricans are many colors - we are Spanish, we're French, we're Thai, Indian, we're almost black, some of us.

Color, Black, Thai, Ricans, Spanish

I am a naturally buoyant person. I am a naturally energetic person. . . always have been. I have to say that it's important for everyone, but especially for women (given our bone density issues) to walk - even ambling for a couple of miles is better than not walking at all.

Buoyant, Couple, Important, Issues, Miles, Naturally

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

Art, People, Endure, Lives, Defines

As you get older one tends to develop what I call a wobble. I would rather eat glass than let that happen to my voice.

Glass, Glasses, Happen, Happens, Tends, Voice

I'm one of the most joyous people I've ever met.

Joyous, Met, Mets, People

When I walk, I try to set a fairly brisk rate. I love walking outside. I hate machines like treadmills. The path that I have chosen to walk is just city streets, but you see pretty houses, trees. . . my routes have some hills in them; it's not just straight walking. You have to exercise your heart and lungs.

City, Exercise, Hate, Heart, Like, Machines

I grew up thinking I had very little value. It's not something I felt I could share with my mom so it was all inside me.

Littles, Mom, Thinking, Value

You don't die if someone doesn't like you.

Like You, Dies, Ifs, Like, Die

I believe staying young at heart is all in one's personal attitude. . . you can't instill that in anyone.

Attitude, Believe, Heart, Personal, Staying, Young

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.

Perseverance, Names, People, Feeling, Time

Los Angles is not my favorite city. Well, I shouldn't say that. . . I love to visit it, on a temporary basis. It's just such a company town! You can't go anywhere and not run into someone who wants to be in the business.

Cities, City, Favorite, Love, Running, Want

Ultimately, a city is formed by its people and the women in Berkeley are just great. They are opinionated, they have ideas, they belong to boards, and they write letters to editors. . . really wonderful people.

Cities, Editors, Opinionated, Write, Writing

Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?

Creatures, Grandmother, Spunky, Television

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.

Catch, Idea, Ideas, Lying, Sooner, Thinking