“[singing] I just met a girl named Maria! And now I plainly see, she's not the bitch I thought she would be!”— Mark Steven Johnson, Max Goldman, Walter Matthau, imdb.com
“Here's the thing: If it's going to be a contemporary version of West Side Story, you're going to have to have rap and if you're going to have rap, what does that do to the songs? Do they use the songs? Do they not use the songs? And what in fact if you do rap are you going to do about the dances? Be…”— Rita Moreno, npr.org
“Since its very genesis, this country has been an incubator for dreamers, especially hopeful immigrants. As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a performer, to make it in show business. And when I was cast as Anita in the 1961 film version of West Side Story — a major production — I knew the A…”— Rita Moreno, aarp.org
“Big Boo: No such fucking word as 'knifes'. Lorna: No? Then what does Tony do to Bernardo in West Side Story? I'll tell you. He knifes him.”— Jenji Kohan, Lorna Morello, Yael Stone, imdb.com