Rita Moreno Quotes

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

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• I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

  

  Rita Moreno
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