I was sure it was going to be Judy Garland. Rita Moreno More Quotes by Rita Moreno More Quotes From Rita Moreno It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people. Rita Moreno endure people art 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. Rita Moreno perseverance names people I believe staying young at heart is all in one's personal attitude... you can't instill that in anyone. Rita Moreno heart attitude believe You don't die if someone doesn't like you. Rita Moreno dies like-you ifs I'm an actress, and I am Latina. Rita Moreno latina actresses Puerto Ricans are many colors - we are Spanish, we're French, we're Thai, Indian, we're almost black, some of us. Rita Moreno thai black color You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special. Rita Moreno oscars performances special Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life. Rita Moreno bigger-than-life bigger life-is 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. Rita Moreno numbers attitude people 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. Rita Moreno sense-of-humor instance people I'm so happy. I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. Rita Moreno knows people I'm one of the most joyous people I've ever met. Rita Moreno mets joyous people I'm 85, and I'm still a sexual being, or a sensual being. Rita Moreno stills sensual 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. Rita Moreno mom littles thinking 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. Rita Moreno lying ideas thinking This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news. Rita Moreno home heaven ideas Retirement is just not in my DNA. Rita Moreno dna retirement I'm 81 and I'm in the prime of my life. Rita Moreno prime 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. Rita Moreno issues couple important 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. Rita Moreno feelings men mean