Chita Rivera Quotes


"San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: America, Angels)

"Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh."
- Chita Rivera
"Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us."
- Chita Rivera
"The show did go on, but came very close to not going on at all."
- Chita Rivera
"Theatre is immediate gratification."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Theatre)

"We were taking collections for people with AIDS in New York around Easter."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: People, Easter)

"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
"I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: American)

"We're going to Puerto Rico, where we're gonna close. And we're so excited, we can't see straight."
- Chita Rivera
"My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Nothing)

"It's communication - that's what theatre is all about."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Communication, Theatre)

"I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring."
- Chita Rivera
"I'm an old-fashioned girl."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Old)

"I'd like to get the word out there, the word has to be spread."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Word)

"I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Experience)

"I have to make this love affair believable enough. It's very European."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Love)

"I have been very lucky, I have only had one bad experience."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Experience)

"I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Living)

"Beauty is not everything!"
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Beauty)

"After about 15 minutes, you feel that you're winning them over."
- Chita Rivera
(Related: Winning)