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
painful looking-back
Looking back doesn't have to be painful.
body spirit good-things
The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.
boring comfortable
I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.
beautiful glasses rooms
I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.
beauty
Beauty is not everything!
looks way
I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.
europe affair enough
I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European.
angel america san-francisco
San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.
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.
feels
I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.
lucky bad-experiences has-beens
I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience.
latin laughing enough
Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh
fun who-i-am years
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.
alive theater audience
I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.