Quotes by Rita Moreno

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

“I love the people here. I love New York.”

“The reason was that there simply werent enough Hispanic - forget Puerto Rican - Hispanic male and female dancers at the time who could do the kind of professional job that was needed for Jerome Robbins choreography, which is, you might have noticed, extremely complex and very difficult.”

“It is very important that women of this country be made aware of the dangers of osteoporosis in the sense that it is a silent and invisible disease with no symptoms whatsoever”

“never stopped aspiring.”

“Theyve had to overcome a great deal - not as much as I did - but its become OK to be Latino.”

“The reason there werent any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didnt have the money to take those kind of classes.”

“I think it was absolutely a noble cause. Kids watched it for the entertainment, but they were learning at the same time. I think its something brilliant that deserves to be out there again.”

“Apparently, I think its Columbia Records has Betty Wands name on all of the stuff that I did, too, and thats made me very, very unhappy.”

“They made me use an accent, which I wasnt thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, dont have them.”

When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

The reason there werent any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didnt have the money to take those kind of classes.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.