Chita Rivera

I have a very young outlook.

You have to have the lows in your life so you can deal with them.

I think Lin-Manuel deserves absolutely everything that he's getting. He is an extremely gifted guy, a very fine human being, and loves the theater. Loves it.

The person who does that role better than anyone else is the person who should get that role, regardless of their background or heritage.

'Chicago' is all about precision.

Redheads have a lightness, a craziness, a kookiness. Think of Lucille Ball.

I was from Washington, D.C., and then I came to New York and got the scholarship for the ballet.

Mother never said to me, 'Stay out of trouble.' She didn't have to!

Absolutely, I'll always be a dancer.

Why not travel, why not see the rest of the world, why not experience life? It's beautiful! Phenomenal!

I don't think you know how much you can do until you try.

You really never know what the next day brings you.

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.

I just broke up all the furniture in the house. My mother had to get rid of me. So she put me in dance class.

I've always had a crazy sense of humor. So the ballet probably wouldn't have been enough for me. I had to clown around a little bit more.

I'm very competitive. I do like to win.

You always want to please your choreographer, director. Dancers are just that way.

You really have to be in touch with your soul and spirit and your imagination - it keeps you in shape, and it makes you like yourself a bit more.

You have to be passionate about things in your life.

You get the best out of people by allowing them to do their best work.

I've never been bored in live theater.

'Spiderwoman' was wonderful. I think that show is a very important piece of theatre.

Jerome Robbins, to me, is the genius of a lifetime.

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

I'm an old-fashioned girl.