Rita Moreno

“The day I'm able to be Bette Davis, the day I'm able to be that kind of actress, that's when I'll be happy.”

“Bilingualism is a great gift to this country.”

“I was always the go-to person for 'ethnic'. And that meant anything that wasn't black or white.”

“My life has been filled with miracles.”

“This EGOT is one of the most brilliant things that ever happened to me.”

“The mirror is not you. You are not the mirror.”

“You have to be a little bit of a masochist to be an actor.”

“Life is the movie you are starring in.”

“Before me, there was no me.”

“Retirement is not in my vocabulary. They aren't going to get rid of me that way.”

“I still don't have a publicist. I don't have a press agent. I'm a one-woman band.”

“I'm a poster child for the third act.”

“The fact that I am still here is a miracle.”

“I really had to act my way out of it. I had to be a good-enough actress to convince them I was a good-enough actress.”

“What's wrong with being a sex symbol? What's wrong with being a woman? What's wrong with being a Latina?”

“I am a woman of a certain age, and I'm proud of it.”

“If you have a dream, you have to be willing to work for it.”

“The most important thing is to be able to laugh at yourself.”

“I'm a performer. That's what I do. That's what I am.”

“The industry has a very short memory.”