WEBVTT 00:01.134 --> 00:02.702 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - She comes with history. 00:02.702 --> 00:04.437 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% - Hello, cutie. 00:04.437 --> 00:07.040 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. 00:10.010 --> 00:11.311 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - I was really drawn to her. 00:11.311 --> 00:13.513 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% She made me feel like women could do anything 00:13.513 --> 00:14.447 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% because she did. 00:14.447 --> 00:16.182 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% She was a Latina, like me. 00:16.182 --> 00:18.184 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - She just brings such authority 00:18.184 --> 00:21.521 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and such honesty to whatever she's playing. 00:21.521 --> 00:23.089 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Some people might view Rita Moreno 00:23.089 --> 00:24.858 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% as the embodiment of the American dream. 00:24.858 --> 00:27.260 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - At the age of 16 years old, 00:27.260 --> 00:29.562 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% she was the sole breadwinner for her family. 00:29.562 --> 00:31.097 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - Little Puerto Rican girl, 00:31.097 --> 00:35.769 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who nobody thought much of at MGM with a contract. 00:35.769 --> 00:39.105 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (dramatic music) 00:39.105 --> 00:42.909 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I really was very often treated like a sex object. 00:42.909 --> 00:44.711 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - The studio had asked contract players 00:44.711 --> 00:46.346 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to go out on pretend dates. 00:46.346 --> 00:48.882 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Before I know it, he's forcing himself on me. 00:48.882 --> 00:50.650 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - When you're in a contract to a studio, 00:50.650 --> 00:51.851 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% they own you. 00:51.851 --> 00:53.620 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% - Don't you touch me. 00:58.925 --> 01:01.194 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I think sometimes there are wounds 01:01.194 --> 01:03.730 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that simply don't heal well. 01:03.730 --> 01:06.699 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - She made herself into somebody she wasn't 01:06.699 --> 01:07.834 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% for a very long time. 01:11.071 --> 01:12.839 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - For the very first time in my life, 01:12.839 --> 01:14.274 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% I felt very useful. 01:14.274 --> 01:16.109 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% - She really cares about issues. 01:16.109 --> 01:19.446 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And then she is just full of you know what and vinegar. 01:20.447 --> 01:23.883 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - Wear your nationality like a flag. 01:23.883 --> 01:25.285 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Be proud of it! 01:25.285 --> 01:26.252 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Be proud you're Puerto Rican! 01:26.252 --> 01:27.921 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Be proud your negro! 01:29.889 --> 01:33.059 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - We always have to prove we're worthwhile. 01:33.059 --> 01:34.594 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% That's a lot of work. 01:34.594 --> 01:37.831 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% - At 87, with a hit show, and a movie in the works. 01:37.831 --> 01:39.699 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's a remake of West Side Story 01:39.699 --> 01:42.869 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% with Latino actors in the lead roles. 01:42.869 --> 01:45.405 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% - If we thought there was no place for us 01:45.405 --> 01:47.640 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in this world of the arts that we wanted to get into, 01:47.640 --> 01:49.676 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% we could look up and see Rita, 01:49.676 --> 01:51.811 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and say, okay, well she could do it. 01:51.811 --> 01:53.379 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% How close can I get? 01:53.379 --> 01:55.915 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (upbeat music)