Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

Jerome Robbins, to me, is the genius of a lifetime.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

I have a very young outlook.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

I was from Washington, D.C., and then I came to New York and got the scholarship for the ballet.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

You always want to please your choreographer, director. Dancers are just that way.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

I'm very competitive. I do like to win.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

I've never been bored in live theater.

Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera

I've always had a crazy sense of humor. So the ballet probably wouldn't have been enough for me. I had to clown around a little bit more.