Chita Rivera Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“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.”
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“I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I love life. I love the live theater.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe off on each other. I see this huge tapestry when we're born, and this red blob that's your soul or your heart.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.”
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“It's important that the kids stay busy. It's important that they have something to focus on, and something that they feel good about.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I have a blessed life. I really do. I have a great family, a great daughter, I love life, I love living, I love people. I love all the blessings that God's given me.”
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“American audiences are affected by what the English people think.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
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“A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending.”
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“I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Source: www.pbs.org
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“I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.”
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“San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.”
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“I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : "Erró’s Pop and Politics". Interview with Martine Barrat, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 9, 2016.
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“I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : Interview with John Garcia, thecolumnonline.com.
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“We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter.”
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“Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh”
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“My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.”
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“I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.”
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“I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.”
-- Chita RiveraSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.”
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“You know I've got a generator that's still popping.”
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“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.”
-- Chita Rivera
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