Name	Chita Rivera
Age	76
Height	5' 3"  (160 cm)
Date of Birth	January 23, 1933
Star Sign	Aquarius
Occupation	Actress
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I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

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Beauty is not everything!

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

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I`m very grateful that so many people are not sick any longer... I`m so grateful not to be going to so many funerals, and losing my friends.

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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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We`re going to Puerto Rico, where we`re gonna close. And we`re so excited, we can`t see straight.

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

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

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Theatre is immediate gratification.

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We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter.

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

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

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

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You knew the dance numbers, and you knew that Fosse was gonna put it together, so you had to start at that level of energy again.

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

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

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Somebody told me once I wasn`t Latin enough, and that made me laugh.

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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.

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I don`t know what Texas is all about. We kinda make jokes about it, like being run out of town. But we`re brave enough to face it.

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

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The company we`ve got now is brilliant.

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

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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`m an old-fashioned girl.

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I don`t think I`ve ever played Houston.

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