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

Meaning of the quote

Chita Rivera, a famous Puerto Rican actress, is saying that the Tony Awards she has won are displayed in a special glass cabinet in her living room. She is proud of her achievements and wants to show them off in a beautiful way. The Tony Awards are prestigious awards given to the best performers in the theater, and Chita Rivera has won several of them over her long and successful career.

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It’s communication – that’s what theatre is all about.

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Beauty is not everything!

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

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San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn’t do well there.

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

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

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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.

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

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I’m not comfortable with just me, me, me. That’s boring.

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I have to make this love affair believable enough. It’s very European.

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

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I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

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We’re going to Puerto Rico, where we’re gonna close. And we’re so excited, we can’t see straight.

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

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

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I’m an old-fashioned girl.

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

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

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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.

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Theatre is immediate gratification.

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I’ve played American, Italian, Greek, French. I’ve been really lucky that way.

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