Chita Rivera Quotes (28 Quotes)


    Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh.

    I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.

    I'd like to get the word out there, the word has to be spread.

    I'm very grateful that so many people are not sick any longer... I'm so grateful not to be going to so many funerals, and losing my friends.

    Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us.


    Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that.


    We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

    San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.

    For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever, ... That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done, they're a lot of fun. The truth is, I liked being a Gypsy. It's who I was. And it's still a lot of who I am. Gypsy, it's a good word.


    I don't know what Texas is all about. We kinda make jokes about it, like being run out of town. But we're brave enough to face it.

    We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter.

    The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

    My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.


    I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

    You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

    After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.

    I looked out and saw all these Rudolph red noses and people crying. It's like what Lisa went through today. I saw it all over her face when I mentioned her father and all that.

    I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.

    I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.

    It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

    I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.



    I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.

    You can feel whether an audience is tightened up and pulled back. Of course the opposite is an audience like we've been having in LA, which is fabulous.


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