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Rita Moreno

Rita Moreno is a Puerto Rican actress and singer.

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I remember saying to the makeup man one day ― because it was like putting mud on my face, it was really dark and I'm Rita Moreno ― and I said to the makeup man one day' My God ! Why do we all have to be the same color ?

– Rita Moreno

Found on CNN 3 years ago

What I was really trying to do was kill that bad side of me that kept going back to Marlon Brando. That bad woman who didn't respect me, who was me, another side of me.

– Rita Moreno

Found on CNN 3 years ago

Anita, the one who had a sense of herself. A sense of dignity. And I had to portray that. And it felt really good.

– Rita Moreno

Found on CNN 3 years ago

I'm simply saying, can't you just wait awhile and leave Washington Heights alone ? it would be so nice if they hadn't come up with that and left it alone, just for now. I mean, they're really attacking the wrong person.

– Rita Moreno

Found on CNN 3 years ago

I wanted to turn the parts down, but that's all that was offered.

– Rita Moreno

Found on CNN 3 years ago

You can never do right, it seems, this is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to American. I couldn’t do it. I’d love to say I did but I couldn’t. Lin-Manuel has done that really single-handedly.

– Rita Moreno

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

Well, I’m simply saying, can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone? there’s a lot of people who are Puerto Rican who are also from Guatemala who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. This is how it is. It would be so nice if they hadn’t come up with that and left it alone, just for now. They’re really attacking the wrong person.

– Rita Moreno

Found on FOX News 3 years ago

It's like you can never do right it seems, this is the man who literally has brought Latino-ness and Puerto Rican-ness to America. I couldn't do it. I mean, I would love to say I did, but I couldn't. Lin-Manuel has done that, really single-handedly, and I'm thrilled to pieces, and I'm proud that he produced my documentary.

– Rita Moreno

Found on CNN 3 years ago

[Brando] slayed me good ’cause he was the king of everything. Eeeeeeverything, he was the king of movies … he was really one of the most sexual men on Earth. It was one of those very tempestuous love affairs. It lasted eight years, on and off, on and off, on and off.

– Rita Moreno