[Brando] slayed me good ’cause he was the king of everything. Eeeeeeverything, he was the king of movies … he was really one of the most sexual men on Earth. It was one of those very tempestuous love affairs. It lasted eight years, on and off, on and off, on and off.

Rita Moreno

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

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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.

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

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You don't die if someone doesn't like you. by Rita Moreno

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

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I'm an actress, and I am Latina. by Rita Moreno

I'm an actress, and I am Latina.

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

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

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

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People tell me I look good these days. I look good because I feel good. I know people who are older than I am who are twenty-five... It's all about attitude. To me, age is just a number.

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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.

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I'm so happy. I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. by Rita Moreno

I'm so happy. I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am.

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

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

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I'm 85, and I'm still a sexual being, or a sensual being. by Rita Moreno

I'm 85, and I'm still a sexual being, or a sensual being.

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.

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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.

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

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

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Retirement is just not in my DNA. by Rita Moreno

Retirement is just not in my DNA.

I'm 81 and I'm in the prime of my life. by Rita Moreno

I'm 81 and I'm in the prime of my life.

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.

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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.

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