Rita Moreno

The reason there weren’t any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn’t have the money to take those kind of classes.

This is my idea of heaven, coming home and watching the news.

Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

Then there’s the story of ill-fated love. It’s universal.

They made me use an accent, which I wasn’t thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don’t have them.

When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?

We are a gorgeous, infinite circle of women all shades, all styles, in all the ways we were made. Inside of us everything blooms.

I love to challenge the status quo. That’s been my mission from day one as an actress and an early feminist wanting equality and wanting to push the limits of what’s possible.

There’s something so special about a woman who dominates in a man’s world. It takes a certain grace, strength, intelligence, fearlessness, and the nerve to never take no for an answer.

As for my girls, I’ll raise them to think they breathe fire.

We won’t unlock opportunities for young women and girls unless we can change the mindset of every family and community. To achieve this, it cannot just be women who speak up for girls.

If we don’t teach our young girls to speak at an early age, that doesn’t just happen.

If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is women.

I’m a liability to them – I’m a woman, I’m empowered, I’m an artist. I’ve had executives who can’t come to my shows they’re so scared of me. I’ve been a thorn in many people’s sides just by existing.

Strong men, men who are truly role models, don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.

Nobody says hey, men should not drink. It’s all about women must dress differently , women must walk differently, women must drink differently. Why are we not able to hold men to account for this behavior?

The abuse of women and girls is the most pervasive and unaddressed human rights violation on earth.

Being a feminist is being equal to what a man do

I will be phenomenal to the women. I mean, I want to help women.

First of all, as a card-carrying feminist, I am a BIG feminist, anytime I see women being stars – the stars that they should be, and being featured, and being highlighted, it makes my heart happy. Because it’s long overdue.

I do respect them; I have great respect for women. In fact, one of the reasons ‘The Apprentice’ was such a successful show for so many years, the audience of women was fantastic.