It got me roles. And you know, for a while, that was wonderful — I was in the movies. But after a while I began to understand that it was really very… - Rita Moreno
" "It got me roles. And you know, for a while, that was wonderful — I was in the movies. But after a while I began to understand that it was really very demeaning. And I began to feel more and more and more diminished. I was already very unsure of myself anyway, because when I was a very young girl in New York City I ran into an awful lot of racial bias, and I got called some pretty nasty names, like 'spic' and — all the words you heard in West Side Story came directly from the streets — 'garlic mouth,' 'pierced ear.' So by the time I was doing those kind of roles — for a living, practically, in Hollywood — I was beginning to feel pretty bad about myself.
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About Rita Moreno
Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío December 11, 1931) is a Puerto Rican actress, dancer and singer.
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Alternative Names:
Rosita Moreno
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Rosa Dolores Alverio Marcano
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Rosita Dolores Alverio
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