Cesar Romero
I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses.
Cesar RomeroI had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced.
Cesar RomeroI was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.
Cesar RomeroWe Latins make splendid lovers and splendid older men.
Cesar RomeroIt's a new town. The old elegance is gone. It used to be one big family, this industry.
Cesar RomeroI should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didn't have to be a gigolo. In real life.
Cesar RomeroSometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here.
Cesar RomeroThe make up took about an hour to put on, but the wig was a thing that bothered me more than anything else.
Cesar RomeroValentino was apparently gay or bisexual. And his two lesbian wives. But without any question, he had sex with men. From choice. So he was one or the other.
Cesar RomeroWe had plenty of clothes and no money.
Cesar RomeroGeorge Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.
Cesar RomeroI was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn't very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.
Cesar RomeroIf you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February 14. A Latin lover should be born on Valentine's Day. I said no.
Cesar RomeroBugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes.
Cesar RomeroI can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries.
Cesar RomeroYou knew everybody at all the studios and you saw them often.
Cesar RomeroI was born in the USA, which many people still find hard to believe.
Cesar RomeroThey say the camera never lies. It lies every day.
Cesar RomeroPeople would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.
Cesar RomeroWell, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.
Cesar RomeroDesi loved pleasure. Who doesn't? He wasn't "compromised," as they say. He received the pleasure, for a change.
Cesar RomeroThat is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone "mainstream."
Cesar RomeroI'll tell you something not for public consumption in my lifetime. That's how I found out. That I was different. While dancing. You understand?
Cesar RomeroI'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.
Cesar RomeroThey would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.
Cesar Romero
