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The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.
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They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.
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When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?
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Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal.
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This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.
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Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.
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When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.
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I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.
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I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.
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I'm so damn lucky to still be here at 85. If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming.
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I have stamina, and I have energy.
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I was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico.
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I'm trying as hard as I can to keep pushing the boundaries of what a woman is capable of doing. And it turns out there's a lot we can do. There's a lot we can speak about.
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No one's going to tell me how to make my own choices. For too many years, everybody told me what to say and what to do and how to be.
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I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned.
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When I was girl, you could still get certain jobs if you didn't have a diploma.
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It's kind of heartbreaking when I talk about it now, I still get very moved by the lack of opportunities that were available to myself and to the very few others who were Hispanic young actresses.
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What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.
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My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body.
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If you can find a way your character moves, you know more about your character than you'd ever dream.
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Beyonce moves a lot. She's astonishing, dances and sings at the same time. She is buff.
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I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.
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My video has a lot to do with the inside of a woman. Usually, exercise videos refer to exteriors only. They never talk to a woman where she lives - in her heart and soul. I do that at the beginning and end of mine.
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I'm an afternoon tea maven. I can tell you who has the best tea in every country.
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I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments.
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I am not exactly Mrs. Good Housekeeping, although I love to cook, bake, even iron, but only because it's not mandatory.
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I knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers.
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I can't dwell on past mistakes.
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I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.'
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I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.
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