Knowing what goes on in a Latin family at mealtimes, ... I wanted to reflect the madness and the warmth and the fun of a Latin family. So, we made this new song.

277

As theater legends go, they don't get any bigger than Chita.

245

Bob Fosse told me if you open a musical script and there's more than a page or a page-and-a-half of text, you better tear off the paper there and stick in a number, because that's as long as people want to wait before you show them something.

196

The audience will feel like Chita is talking to them personally. It's not like a play. It's like this woman is sitting on a chair, telling you these fascinating anecdotes in such a natural way that it's as if you were sitting in the living room with her.

184

She's up there kicking from beginning to end, ... You can't stop her. She's a force of nature. I can't imagine anyone at 20 being able to do what she does in her 70s, especially with the injuries she has suffered. There's something in her spirit, her soul ... a life force that can't be stopped.

182

Not only a great star but truly a force of nature. I'm 65 and when my body hurts or I'm about to complain, just being around her energizes me. She lights firecrackers inside me.

116