Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno
Rita Dolores Morenois a Puerto Rican-American actress and singer. Her career has spanned over 70 years; among her notable acting work are supporting roles in the musical films The King and I and West Side Story, as well as a 1971–77 stint on the children's television series The Electric Company, and a supporting role on the 1997-2003 TV drama Oz...
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth11 December 1931
CityHumacao, PR
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When was the last time you saw a story being driven forward by dances and songs?
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When was the last time you saw a musical about people at war with each other?
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The reason was that there simply weren't enough Hispanic - forget Puerto Rican - Hispanic male and female dancers at the time who could do the kind of professional job that was needed for Jerome Robbins' choreography, which is, you might have noticed, extremely complex and very difficult.
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The reason there weren't any, I am surmising, is that a lot of Latin kids, Latino kids, in those days didn't have the money to take those kind of classes.
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Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal.
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It is very important that women of this country be made aware of the dangers of osteoporosis in the sense that it is a silent and invisible disease with no symptoms whatsoever
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They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.
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Apparently, I think it's Columbia Records has Betty Wand's name on all of the stuff that I did, too, and that's made me very, very unhappy.
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I think it was absolutely a noble cause. Kids watched it for the entertainment, but they were learning at the same time. I think it's something brilliant that deserves to be out there again.
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I love the people here. I love New York.
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They've had to overcome a great deal - not as much as I did - but it's become OK to be Latino.
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People tell me I look good these days. I look good because I feel good. I know people who are older than I am who are twenty-five... It's all about attitude. To me, age is just a number.
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Retirement is just not in my DNA.
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I'm 81 and I'm in the prime of my life.