Quotes by Chita Rivera

About Chita Rivera:

Chita Rivera is 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 (December 2002). She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
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Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us.

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

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

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

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

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

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

Chita Rivera

The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all.

Chita Rivera

We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight.

Chita Rivera

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameChita Rivera
  • DescriptionActress, dancer, singer
  • BornJanuary 23, 1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Dancer
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom