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- Rita, she is a 
diva, girl (laughs)

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in the best sense of the word.

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- Rita Mareno is an original.

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She can't help but be that.

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- She was at Latina, like 
me, and she made me feel

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like women could do 
anything because she did.

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- I may be petite, but 
I'm as big as your get.

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(crowd cheering)

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- Rita Moreno is 
a quintessential 
American success story.

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(crowd cheering and applauding)

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As an EGOT winner, who's 
won an Emmy, a Grammy,

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an Oscar, and a Tony 
the biggest challenge

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in telling Rita Moreno's 
story is to try to encapsulate

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her incredible career.

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♪ Hey ♪

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(gentle music)

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- I made a promise to 
myself that I was going

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to go through with a 
documentary, that I would be

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as truthful as I 
could possibly be.

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- She really wanted to do 
a documentary that talks

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more about who she really 
is and her insecurities.

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Through Rita, we get to 
understand what it means

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to be a woman in Hollywood, 
when it was normal

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to be harassed as a woman, 
and it was normal to be viewed

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as a second class.

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- I managed to put up 
with so much bad behavior

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on the part of many men.

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It's a damaging thing, 
rage, because it'll stop me.

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(dramatic music)

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And I don't want to be stopped.

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(crowd cheering)

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- [Michael] When you learn her 
story and all the obstacles

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she conquered, what 
comes out is inspiration.

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- I think it's important 
to know her story

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because it shows how 
much we have accomplished

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as women through her and 
through other women like her.

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- If we thought there was no 
place for us in this world

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of the arts that we 
wanted to get into,

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we could look up and 
see Rita and say, okay,

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well she could do it.

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How close can I get?

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(gentle music)