Chita Quotes & Sayings
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A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending. — Chita Rivera

Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president. — 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

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. — Chita Rivera

It's important that the kids stay busy. It's important that they have something to focus on, and something that they feel good about. — 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

The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing. — Chita Rivera

You know I've got a generator that's still popping. — Chita Rivera

I love life. I love the live theater. — Chita Rivera

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

I'm an old-fashioned girl. — 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

I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there. — Chita Rivera

My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being. — Chita Rivera

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

I loved being on stage with heroes of mine, like Gregg Edelman and Jimmy Walton, and the lovely Chita Rivera and Stephanie J. Block. — Will Chase

Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that. — Chita Rivera

I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it. — Chita Rivera

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. — Chita Rivera

American audiences are affected by what the English people think. — Chita Rivera

I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself. — Chita Rivera

Theatre is immediate gratification. — Chita Rivera

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

I do believe that separation can be a bit damaging at times. To be happy about yourself and your culture and all of that is necessary and fulfilling, but the whole tapestry is what's important. — Chita Rivera

I am young in my energy because I really still believe that we can share who we are, and we can wipe off on each other. I see this huge tapestry when we're born, and this red blob that's your soul or your heart. — Chita Rivera

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

I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone. — Chita Rivera

Two Words from Sanskrit, that are Strikingly similar.
CHITA & CHINTA
One Burns the Dead & the other Burns the Living.
Have a STRESS free Life ... . - feelingalive. — Sunita

televangelist Pat Robertson took to the world's airwaves and tried to suggest that the earthquake was God's vengeance for the Haitian Revolution, alleging that the slaves had sold their souls to Satan at Bwa Kayiman in return for the power to overthrow their masters. — Mambo Chita Tann

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

I danced in a company of 'West Side Story' when I was very young. It was most of the original cast - Larry Kert, Chita Rivera - and Jerry Robbins directed. It was tough, a wonderful initiation for me. — Teri Garr

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

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

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

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

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

I've had wonderful collaborators. They're very different, just as actors are. Working on a show with Nathan Lane is different from working on a show with Chita Rivera. It keeps you on your toes because it's different every time. — Terrence McNally

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

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. — Chita Rivera