(knocking)
- Come in.
- Hi, five minutes.
- Okay. I'm ready.
- Okay, perfect. Thank you.
- The role that I love the most
that Rita's played?
Lydia.
- Oh.
(laughs)
Oh my gosh.
- I love that character
because you get
every bit of her.
- Okay, here we go, guys.
(crowd cheering)
- We were looking
for a grandmother,
the mother of a glorious
actress, Justina Machado.
And there's only
one Rita Moreno.
- Pobrecito, papito
He was so sad
because he asked Chloe
out and she said no.
But what did I tell you?
I said, "You keep trying."
"Wear her down."
(audience laughs)
"Don't take no for an answer."
(audience laughs)
- Lydia is my mom.
She is my mom.
That is my mom's accent.
But there's a big caveat here.
It's easy to fall
into caricature
with her because she's so big.
- It is never over.
- But I'm big.
I'm as big as you get.
I may be petite, but I am big.
That's me.
But you have to be so careful
with a character like that.
- The stereotype comes from
how others tell our story.
I'm interested in how
we tell our story.
We're always-they're
going to tell our story
however they're
going to tell it.
And that's what it is.
But when we tell our story,
who are we choosing to
put up on that screen?
I think that's another
part of the conversation.
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