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21 Inspiring Quotes By Rita Moreno

Famous As: Puerto Rican Actress and Singer Best Known for Her Role as 'Anita' in 'West Side Story'
Born On: 1931
Born In: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Age: 93 Years

Rita Moreno is a popular Puerto Rican dancer, actress, and singer. With a career spanning seven decades, she has earned a number of awards and accolades, including ‘The Presidential Medal of Freedom,’ Peabody Career Achievement Award’ and ‘Kennedy Centre Honor.’ She also holds the feat of being one of the twenty-three people who achieved ‘Triple Crown of Acting.’ Her noteworthy works include ‘Slums of Beverly Hills,’ ‘The Ritz,’ ‘West Side Story,’ ‘The Electric Company,’ ‘The Rockford Files,’ ‘The Four Seasons,’ and many more. Here is a collection of famous quotes by Rita Moreno on art, life, love, attitude, accomplishments, heart, perseverance, people, joy, performances, ideas, hatred, etc.

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

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

Rita Moreno
Retirement is just not in my DNA.

Retirement is just not in my DNA.

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

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

Rita Moreno
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.

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
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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm an actress, and I am Latina.

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

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

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

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

Rita Moreno
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.

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
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.

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
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.

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

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

Rita Moreno
C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.

C'mon, we're actors. We love the attention. We love the applause. We sure don't like to be rejected.

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

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

Rita Moreno
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.

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.

Rita Moreno

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

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