Chita rivera

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

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

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

I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.

Theatre is immediate gratification.

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.

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

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

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

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