Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Carmen Miranda

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Portuguese musician Carmen Miranda.
Last updated on November 18, 2024.
Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", Miranda was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. As a young woman, she designed hats in a boutique before making her first recordings with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí ", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.

Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body.
I say 20 words in English. I say money, money, money, and I say hot dog! I say yes, no and I say money, money, money and I say turkey sandwich and I say grape juice.
Hollywood, it has treated me so nicely, I am ready to faint! As soon as I see Hollywood, I love it. — © Carmen Miranda
Hollywood, it has treated me so nicely, I am ready to faint! As soon as I see Hollywood, I love it.
I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs, and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave, he bought me three wedding rings already!
Look at me and tell me if I dont have Brazil in every curve of my body.
I have never followed what people say it is 'fashionable'. I think that a woman must wear what fits her. That is why I created a style appropriated to my type and my artistical genre.
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