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Rita Hayworth Quotes

1918–1987 United States

Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino; 17 October 1918 – 14 May 1987) was an American actress and dancer.

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I have always felt that one of the secrets of real beauty is simplicity.

Men fell in love with Gilda, but they wake up with me.

Rita Hayworth : Portrait of a Love Goddess (1977)

I've had a lot of unhappiness in my life — and a lot of happiness. Who doesn't? Maybe I've learned enough to be able to guide my daughters.

Perhaps if we thought for a second of the classic, simple elegance of the Spanish lady it might help us to be "simply" ourselves.

Nobody makes up my mind for me. They used to at Columbia.

Just because I was married to Aly Khan, people think I'm rich. Well, I'm not. I never got a dime from Aly or from any of my husbands.

Movies were much better in the days when I was doing them.

Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 — that was my "summer camp." How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire when I was 19?

Everybody else does nude scenes, but I don't. I never made nude movies. I didn't have to do that. I danced. … I was provocative, I guess in some things. But I was not completely exposed.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Rita Hayworth (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.