Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera
Chita Riverais an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre. She is the first Hispanic woman and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009...
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth23 January 1933
Chita Rivera quotes about
beauty
Beauty is not everything!
europe affair enough
I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.
boring comfortable
I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.
opposites fabulous feels
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.
daughter blessed love-life
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.
italian greek way
I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.
latin laughing enough
Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh
new-experiences done welcome
I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.
body spirit good-things
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.
lucky bad-experiences has-beens
I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.
easter new-york people
We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter.
winning winner minutes
After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over.
believe language speak
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.
shopping found hairdresser
My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.