Chita Rivera Quotes
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I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
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It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and do some community theatre. It's all about self-promotion, and it's not always the fun part of it.
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It's easier to go from theatre to film than the other way round. In film you're absolutely loved and cossetted and cared for. In film your director makes your performance. In theatre you're carrying it all.
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I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing. You know, I think it's important to hear, you know, each other's perspective.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.
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Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.
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There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.
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To pray is to have a conversation with Deity. This sacred and supernal communication with Heavenly Father is a divine and delicate process. This crucial communication should be conducted with great care and in compliance with sacred counsel.
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I'm a huge baseball fan and follow it very closely.
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Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.
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Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.
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My son Gautham usually doesn't watch my films. But he watched 'Srimanthudu' in the theatre.
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Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.
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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.
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I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.
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Atheism is a theoretical formulation of the discouraged life.
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It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.
