A biography for Rita Morenohasn’t been written yet.
“I get embarrassed when I go to an actor or actress's home and it's filled with pictures of them.”
“I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. And it's genuine.”
“You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and some of those things will be embarrassing.”
“I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that.”
“My husband and I were very different: I'm spontaneous and emotional; I'm loud - he was exactly the opposite. But you need to be flexible.”
“Maybe it's my age, but I know I look good, so I'm not going to look like another person suddenly because I don't have makeup on - same hair, same person.”
“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.”
“If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.”
“I was not treated like a serious young actress, and that was very hard. It sent me into psychotherapy, which is one of the smartest things I ever did. It taught me that I had to find value in myself.”
“The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you.”
“I have stamina, and I have energy.”
“When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?”
“Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply preferred the thrill of a denied release. Whatever put the brakes on the famous pelvis, it ground to a halt at a certain point, and that was it.”
“You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works.”
“Elvis was a sweet darling, shy fellow, but he was really boring.”
“All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.”
“'America' took at least five days of actual filming.”
“Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.”
“I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries.”
“Being in service and being involved in something that is greater than you is what makes a person complete and whole. The very first thing I ever did in terms of activism was for an anti-atom bomb rally.”