I think Mike Nichols is brilliant, but I think Jerry Robbins was a genius.

I've been neurotic in my life; I've had neurotic relationships with men. What else is new? But you really have to learn to be resilient - able to bounce back, pick yourself up, and just keep moving.

I was the artsy one, and my husband took care of all our finances. It was the Latino way - the man is in charge of the money.

When I was nominated for the Oscar, I was absolutely positive that Judy Garland would win for 'Judgment at Nuremberg,' and then they call my name, and I was absolutely paralyzed. And I remember walking down to the stage and saying to myself, 'Don't run. It's not dignified.'

Maybe Elvis was inhibited by inbred religious prohibitions or an Oedipal complex, or maybe he simply preferred the thrill of a denied release. Whatever put the brakes on the famous pelvis, it ground to a halt at a certain point, and that was it.

Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you or say, 'Gosh, I'm sorry about that,' or, 'Here, let me give you a job.' It doesn't happen that way.

I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.

I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.

I have played Polynesian. I have played an Arabian girl. I played an East Indian girl. And what was so confusing about that, which I mention in my book, is that I assumed I had to have an accent. Nobody said anything, so I made up what I call the universal ethnic accent, and they all sounded alike. It didn't matter who I was playing.

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

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

I was brought up on animal grease.

When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.

I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries.

I can't dwell on past mistakes.

I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.

All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism.

When you engage your brain, it just keeps getting fatter and richer and wonderful.

I was determined that with perseverance and faith, at some point, someone would say, 'This girl has talent,' and would cast me in something meaningful.

I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments.

No one's going to tell me how to make my own choices. For too many years, everybody told me what to say and what to do and how to be.

I'm trying as hard as I can to keep pushing the boundaries of what a woman is capable of doing. And it turns out there's a lot we can do. There's a lot we can speak about.

My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall lady. I remember thinking, 'Oh my goodness, a lady runs this country.'

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.