“I was always typecast as a Latina.” — Rita Moreno Quote

“I was always typecast as a Latina.”

“A friend of my mother's, Irene Lopez, was a Spanish dancer. She saw me bopping around the room and said to my mother, 'Rosita might have talent. Can I take her to my dance teacher?' There was no thought of a career at that time, but I knew I loved the attention, and that's so much a part of being a performer.”

“There is something about sex that always brings out the funny in me. I think it's because we make such fools of ourselves over it.”

“I'm a Latina from Miami. I pity you if you think you're going out-shout me.”

“Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.”

“I'm bicultural, and everyone sees me as a Latina, but in my head I see myself as both Latina and American.”