Rita Moreno Quotes

Americans can handle one person from anywhere. They had Desi Arnaz from Cuba. And Tin Tan from México. And Rita Moreno from Puerto Rico. But as soon as there are too many of us, they throw up their hands. No, no, no! We were only just curious. We are not actually interested in you people.

The female megastar from the silent era, Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), with her doubled initials in imitation of countless “sex symbol” stars, is shadowed throughout the film by Zelda Zanders, the “It Girl” played by Rita Moreno, referred to in the film as “the well-known ‘Zip Girl’” (thus putting a more graphic spin on the already sexually charged “It Girl”).

Retirement is just not in my DNA.

Betty Wand, who complements the King’s Men nicely on “Dearie,” was an unseen presence in a number of motion pictures, most notably dubbing songs for Leslie Caron in Gigi and Rita Moreno in West Side Story.

Embarrassed that he had not recognized one of America’s best-known entertainers, whom he’d seen many times on television, Gunny escorted him to the stage, where Davis took his seat with the other celebrities who had made the trip, including Josephine Baker, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Rita Moreno, Harry Belafonte, James Baldwin, Ruby Dee, Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, and Steve McQueen.