"It Turned Out To Be Anita" - Rita Moreno On Finding A Role Model In "West Side Story"

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The iconic Rita Moreno sits down with Stephen to talk about how her character Anita in the original "West Side Story" became her role model, and how proud she is to now be an executive producer on the upcoming "West Side Story" film directed by Steven Spielberg. You can see Rita Moreno and learn more about her remarkable career in the documentary, "Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It." #Colbert #WestSideStory #RitaMoreno
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@925209 3 года назад

This is exactly what I want to be at 90 years old. She is inspirational.

@WaterdropGirl 3 года назад

Dude holy fuck I thought she was like 60

@CeeGeeZ 3 года назад

😎‼✌

@calisongbird 3 года назад

@•EllieeElven• She’ll be 90 in a few months, December 11th, 2021

@mariajbrum 3 года назад

Totally agree 🙏🙏🙌

@kindspirit7 2 года назад

90 in less than 10 days! Amazing! Never know it.

@cappinjocj9316 3 года назад

That was one hell of an entrance. You go girl.

@thereallycool 3 года назад

She is amazing "At fucking last." 89 years young, this woman rocks!!!

@gayahithwen 3 года назад

Rita Moreno explaining why representation matters. Whenever someone says "do we really need this character to be part of this group", remember this interview. Remember how she had never been allowed to play a character with true dignity before this. Also remember Whoopi Goldberg watching Star Trek as a child and seeing Nichelle Nichols on the bridge of a starship, and excitedly telling her mom that there was a black woman on TV who wasn't a maid. Seeing people who look/sound like you is important. Representation matters.

@crysdee461 3 года назад

It does! And it’s disappointing that she made that comment about Afro Latinos waiting their turn.

@gayahithwen 3 года назад

@@crysdee461 It is. No movie can be everything to everyone, but dismissing the concerns of people who *still* haven't seen a lot of positive representation is not how we improve. ITH is a beautiful movie for what it is, and at least they were *trying* to represent, even if they missed the perfect bullseye.

@richardmayora5310 3 года назад

@@crysdee461 Non Afro Latinos can barely get a job and we are the MAJORITY of the Latino community while Afro Latinos get to play African American roles. In the remake of West Side Story, the treasured role of Anita is played by a black woman....who claims to be a "bit" Puerto Rican.

@Vejur9000 2 года назад

Baya!!!

@laalaa99stl 3 года назад

"People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about." -- Rita Moreno

@cc1k435 3 года назад

I want to be her when I grow up. 🤣😊🥰

@swiftmeswiftie60 3 года назад

The way she said hi to the entire band❤️❤️

@fifermcgee5971 2 года назад

They will vividly remember that moment for the rest of their lives.

@fatlacesthedon 3 года назад

"At fucking last😒 ...[music] I know.. I know... I know I willl get bleeped... But I don't give a shit😂" that woman!

@scooterbaby1 3 года назад

Exactly!!!

@BellaWorldAni 3 года назад

That, my friends, is what we call an ENTRANCE!

@rosearnold791 3 года назад

Rita Moreno makes me proud to be a Puerto Rican born and raised in America. She is my role model

@carolynworthington8996 3 года назад

Love her!

@margaritrodriguez5647 3 года назад

My too, she so pretty and sexy still

@thewalrusaurus 3 года назад

A literal living legend

@fifermcgee5971 2 года назад

A National Treasure.

@judithparsons1920 3 года назад

What a class act!! Let us all be as vibrant- as radiant- “universally adored”! Amen!

@ledacedar6253 3 года назад

reminds me of Jane Fonda. Wow that was an Entrance.

@BlueBaron3339 3 года назад

When I first had a crush on Rita Moreno as a kid, little did I know it was a permanent and incurable condition. Sixty years on and I *still* have that feeling whenever I see her that I'm witnessing the most clever, most beautiful, and most utterly adorable women who ever lived. 😍

@j.b.9260 3 года назад

I have a crush too (and I'm 31).

@BlueBaron3339 3 года назад

@@j.b.9260 😉

@j.b.9260 3 года назад

@@BlueBaron3339 Crazy, but it's true.

@BlueBaron3339 3 года назад

@@j.b.9260 Agreed, JB...I sure as hell have never known of anyone with her eternal appeal. Makes me sad that Stephen spends so much time making fun of people just because they're old.

@sidratstudios 3 года назад

As a child, I watched west side story to see Anita. She was the coolest.

@smalls9852 3 года назад

Agreed!

@Sharyk808 3 года назад

My favorite movie.

@seriliaykilel 3 года назад

She is a freaking treasure -- Such an inspiration for Puerto Rican girls everywhere!

@cadavra8 3 года назад

Little-known fact: She's the last surviving cast member of "Singin' in the Rain."

@Qermaq 3 года назад

She is like Betty White. Amazingly talented, amazingly funny, tough as nails and too old to give a shit anymore!

@Carolina-nc3jt 3 года назад

this woman is the greatest thing the universe has created

@Snaakie83 3 года назад

Careful...I'm still searching for mine and Rita certainly can't be better than my future wife!

@indigowolf556 3 года назад

Amen!

@yvonneplant9434 3 года назад

She is still friends with George Chakiris.

@thomaspatton3401 2 года назад

Amen.

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 3 года назад

Rita Moreno has been my hero for 51 years!!!! This was a joy to see. ¡Amamos tú a Rita! 😘😘😘🤗🤗🤗🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

@geisalagordon9966 2 года назад

Her entrance, her outfit, the way she greeted the band. Almost 90? She looks maahhvelous 😍🔥

@FreeArtsakh2024 3 года назад

May I say late show producers, that Rita Moreno was THE best show, BEST guest you EVER had!! #1

@misspinoco 3 года назад

This is by far the best opening on the Stephen Colbert show I've ever watched. Rita Moreno is a genuine entertainer who is I can hardly find.

@HeyDirty 3 года назад

My favorite performance of hers was with Animal on drums, her singing 'Fever'.

@56Jagman 3 года назад

"That's my kind of wo-ma-a-a-an!"

@jasonmarks80 3 года назад

Yessss!!

@stvp68 3 года назад

💜💜💜

@kinkle_Z 3 года назад

Rita Moreno - GOD BLESS HER!! As a kid in 1961 I saw her in West Side Story when it hit the theaters and yay! She is still with us god bless her heart!

@NewMessage 3 года назад

I'd say that I hope to have moves like that at her age... but heck, I ain't got moves like that now!

@marisolgarcia3123 3 года назад

😅

@snakearekat2634 3 года назад

💀💀💀

@margaritrodriguez5647 3 года назад

Me too

@christinareyes2963 3 года назад

I watched West Side Story as a child and totally fell in love with it

@smalls9852 3 года назад

From the moment she entered the studio I had a smile on my face. She is a breath of fresh air. ❤

@suzannepottsshorts 3 года назад

She was launched into my consciousness and will always be most beloved for singing Fever on The Muppet Show!!!

@JiveDadson 3 года назад

I've watched that a dozen times or more. "Cool it."

@JiveDadson 3 года назад

It's on RU-vid!

@christelheadington1136 3 года назад

My favorite teacher (English/literature), would go to NYC summers and see Broadway shows. She taught us Romeo and Juliet parallel with West Side Story. She brought in the album with the score. I LOVE,LOVE LOVE, everything about it, AND Ms. Moreno. I only wish I looked somewhere near as good now at 75, as she does at 89.

@maniman-human227 3 года назад

Still trying to pick my jaw off the floor after Rita Moreno said she's 89!

@britneyisallyouneedtoknow2406 3 года назад

Well that is the first time I've seen a guest greet everyone like this haha Man, she put me in a happy mood haha

@koraldavis3474 3 года назад

She's so silly, sassy spunky and playful ❤️

@MsMiika13 3 года назад

What a super gal. Star all the way. Always a true, absolute joy. & Just discovered- her birthday is the same as my mums!

@MrPolkaParty 3 года назад

Such an amazing and beautiful soul.... truly one of a kind

@hoozle 3 года назад

What a woman. What legend. What an icon.

@marimedgal 2 года назад

Rita Moreno is a force of nature! What an entrance! What a woman! I can’t believe she’s 90 now... Absolutely unbelievable! ❤️

@michaelbillington8737 3 года назад

I had such a crush on her when I was a teenager and, now that I'm 75, I still do...

@SLAYERSWINE1 3 года назад

PEGOT winner Rita Moreno. I bow down to her greatness. My late Mother loved "West Side Story"...

@raphaelgort5499 3 года назад

If we can grow old like her. I think we've all something right. This woman rocks

@stephanieortiz5236 3 года назад

I’m happy to be puertorrican she represented us so proudly she such a treasure

@mariekastler5391 3 года назад

OMG!!!!! Everyone wins when we ALL live our best lives!!! She is SUCH AN INSPIRATION❣️💃

@krokodyl1927 3 года назад

Now that’s a magnificent entrance! All hail Rita Moreno! 👌👏

@FilmArtPhoto 3 года назад

Love her since the 60's... what an inspiration!

@williamkittler 3 года назад

What an absolute legend in every aspect. I love her spirit, her attitude, her bravery and even her hair! Thank you for being yourself and showing that one can be a success without being a monster. Two bleeps! I don’t remember THAT Sesame Street episode. You are the best Rita! Absolutely the BEST!!!

@cc1k435 3 года назад

For me, it was the Electric Company first, before I found West Side Story: "Hey, you guuuyyyysss!!"

@nancykisser 3 года назад

Loved her there, one of the tv highlights of my childhood ❤️

@PuzzledMonkey 3 года назад

Morgan Freeman was there, too!

@bluegreenglue6565 3 года назад

Yes!!

@sydneyevans2637 3 года назад

Youngster.

@ruthwezeman6700 3 года назад

Same for me 😄

@williameichner7177 3 года назад

Two days in a row tears of joy. Non-stop clapping. It feels like have come full circle.

@richierich2547 2 года назад

WOW A true legend. She is a real queen, a diva, a star. So many awards. She is almost 90 and she has so much energy. God bless Rita Moreno. A true National Treasure.

@mahaboskani4093 3 года назад

Wow 🤩 I don’t imagine she is 89 years incredible beautiful woman

@antoniothompson5514 3 года назад

Now this is an entertainer!

@maudeboggins9834 2 года назад

Hands up who does not love this amazing strong wonderful woman. She is a treasure & such damn fun. Bless her.

@cherylsibson2529 3 года назад

Rita Moreno became an international role model well before it was fashionable and to the young women who watch a 90 yr old woman well ok then, that's how you do it.

@devrasays 3 года назад

I love her so much

@maurahobart8414 2 года назад

She’s just plain amazing! What a great role model for growing older.

@matthewmangum6320 3 года назад

When you’re a legend like Rita Moreno, you literally don’t have to give a s**t about being censored.

@micheleolson9914 3 года назад

She is a treasure!!! 💜

@terri200 3 года назад

Rita Marino is awesome! Such beauty and grace! Watched the West Side Story so many times! I hope I have her energy when I get to her age! Amazing!!👍👍👏👏🙏🙏

@joharyramosseguinot 3 года назад

OMG!!! So lucid and brilliant as always! Grateful and sassy! True royalty! 🔥⭐️❤️👌🏻👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🔥👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇵🇷💪🏼🏆🥇

@lecture42 3 года назад

Talk about an OG!!! That woman just tops all of them!!! A true legend!!!

@elbatorres6113 2 года назад

What an awesome interview!!!! Great job, Stephen! Rita Moreno... we love you and admire you! Feeling so proud!

@deirdredraginoff3760 3 года назад

I had the honor, pleasure and privilege to work with her at Berkeley Rep many years ago. She's not just an icon but as delightful, warm and kind as you see her on television. Just an awesome lady.

@banba317 3 года назад

Rita Moreno, you are the epitome of Class and Sass; Royalty without the pretentions! Still beautiful at 90 and looking like you'll be with us for many years to come! Te deseo lo mejor!

@montananerd8244 2 года назад

Gotta love a guest who goes straight into the band!!

@virginia6793 3 года назад

Wow! She looks marvelous!

@mariahelizabeth_ent 3 года назад

She's a legend! Love the glitter in her hair💫💐💯

@themorales6 3 года назад

Omg, that was delightful! I haven’t seen her in years. Didn’t know how funny she was!

@CallMeGailyn 3 года назад

My mother and her best friend were (uncredited) extras in a movie that featured Connie Francis as a Bad Girl, and Rita Moreno also starred. My mother is 89, but in Memory Care. Rita Moreno has long been a role model, since her role as Anita. I am not Latina, but that strong young woman character resonated with me back in 1961, and as a senior now, I really adore her as a CURRENT role model in One Day at a Time on Netflix. Brava, Rita!

@thanatosvita1671 3 года назад

I agree 100%. She must be a role model for everybody no matter you are Hispanic, Anglo, Afro-American, Asian-American Native-American, etc.

@daviddavid5880 3 года назад

Still hot at 89. ("Fever" with Animal was *how long ago*? Geez. Does she have a magic portrait in a vault somewhere?) She looks amazing.

@harleenhufflepuff340 3 года назад

I see your Dorian Grey reference, my friend 😏 👉🏻👉🏻

@chrisact9601 3 года назад

Her version of "Fever" on The Muppet Show with Animal is, to this day, the most entertaining piece of television EVER!

@johnmoldoch3338 3 года назад

I always liked her.

@johnmoldoch3338 3 года назад

Wasn't she on Sesame Street ?

@juliegilleland7947 3 года назад

I loved her when she was on The Electric Company. She is still the ULTIMATE in cool.

@RaymondHng 3 года назад

I saw Moreno at her cabaret act in 2000. After the show, we lined up to have her sign her new CD. I told her I thought she was going to sing the "Punctuation Song" (from _The Electric Company_ ) when she came out on the stage. So she sang the first bar of the song right there for me.

@vishortridge 3 года назад

My 🇵🇷 heart is full. She is amazing!

@marythomas1249 3 года назад

She's amazing and I'm absolutely obsessed with her outfit.

@carolynworthington8996 3 года назад

Me, too!

@michaelkaszynski7658 3 года назад

What a joy she is. We should all aspire to have that energy at any age.

@Hollins23 3 года назад

I cannot believe that this woman is 89 years young! Wow! I thought that she was probably about 71!

@serendipityshopnyc 3 года назад

Well, considering she starred as a grown woman in West Side Story in 1961, you had to figure 80 at least. Regardless, she looks phenomenal and moves incredibly well for, well, pretty much any age!

@Averysbrand 3 года назад

A fucking icon!

@sherodparkinson4003 3 года назад

I nominate Rita Moreno for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's "Best Guest of the year award".

@eneobande7433 3 года назад

She makes smile 😃

@Amudara5 3 года назад

The band has always been fantastic but tonight’s Latin fun was exceptional!! Keep having Latin nights 🕺🏻

@thechocolateboxpresents...9905 3 года назад

I’m here to find out t he e name of the song the band was playing during her FANTASTIC entrance! What was THAT song???!!! Oh, and yes, she was:is AMAZING!!

@Richbydesignpullupj26 3 года назад

Damn 89 and u move like that and still have that much energy 🧊🫀🫀♾

@donwilson1625 3 года назад

💃🏻 One dance is worth a 100 million words! Spectacular falls short.

@tommyt1971 3 года назад

If she’s looking and seeming this good at 89, she’s gonna live to be 120.

@zizinnnn 3 года назад

89 wow! she looks amazing!!!

@ISBuckley8 2 года назад

She’s one of the few people who has ever won an EGOT and a Peabody award-if that doesn’t say how talented someone is, I don’t know what is!

@wendivamusic 2 года назад

She is an International treasure!!!!!

@anactaneustheeleventh2542 3 года назад

Another PR’can pearl. Rita Moreno 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥🔥 💎 💎💎🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🔥🔥🔥

@JonBlondell 3 года назад

It's so nice to see her back in the spotlight!

@nicolemendez3697 2 года назад

QUE HERMOSA..EXCELENTE ACTRIZ..ES UNICA..

@tomaszstarzewski6459 2 года назад

A true Legend !! No other words needed.

@bluzcompany2293 3 года назад

She is amazing, love her...

@JV-sc2wr 3 года назад

okay i never knew i could love a stranger more than i love this woman

@Danicalip8 3 года назад

Awe we share a birthday! I love it!! I hope I’m just like her at 89 years old! Amazing! ❤️

@elli1961 3 года назад

I read that Rita got to New York City as a young girl by way of her mother getting work as a seamstress and working in The Garment District. I can identify with that as My mother also worked in The Garment District and I was only 9 years old when we moved to New York City from Puerto Rico. Rita Moreno has been a role model for me for many years. Loved watching her appearance on last night on The Late Show.....I also love Stephen Colbert!

@deltabilly1 3 года назад

My grandparents knew her in NYC and my grandmother claimed they loaned her money when she headed out to Hollywood.

@michelledunn1389 3 года назад

I Love Rita!!!! Role models of role models.

@sierrahunterlewis7677 3 года назад

To this DAY I remember the majesty of that performance of Anita ❣️ LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS LADY ❣️❣️

@Carolynnin 3 года назад

Rita Moreno is a national treasure!!

@howards8535 3 года назад

Wow! Iconic. Totally inspiring!

@emilykeane9544 2 года назад

I'm always really happy when guests greet John on their way in, it shows real class I think and not everyone does it....but Rita Moreno is in a class all of her own!