Rita Moreno

Wow. I want more money. If I'm that terrific, I really need to be paid for this.

Wow. I want more money. If I'm that terrific, I really need to be paid for this.

Get the hell out. December 11th. I am today officially 93.

Get the hell out. December 11th. I am today officially 93.

Let me ask you something about being 93. How old do you feel? Oh, hell, I don't know. I don't go by numbers, so I don't know. I feel like me. And let me just put it this way. Yeah. I am a jolly, energetic, joyous... emotional. I cry at the drop of a hat. Puerto Rican is what I am. That's what I am. So I don't know what it feels like to be me. This is what I am.

Let me ask you something about being 93. How old do you feel? Oh, hell, I don't know. I don't go by numbers, so I don't know. I feel like me. And let me just put it this way. Yeah. I am a jolly, energetic, joyous... emotional. I cry at the drop of a hat. Puerto Rican is what I am. That's what I am. So I don't know what it feels like to be me. This is what I am.

I am so fucking smart.

I am so fucking smart.

I'm smart, but I'm a lot of things that I have come to admire, I guess, is the word. I have come to like myself more than I ever used to in the old, bad old days. Yeah. See, I always thought of myself as a Puerto Rican. And that was maybe one of the greatest mistakes I ever made. So that stuff is... gone and done. I am just so fucking happy to be here.

I'm smart, but I'm a lot of things that I have come to admire, I guess, is the word. I have come to like myself more than I ever used to in the old, bad old days. Yeah. See, I always thought of myself as a Puerto Rican. And that was maybe one of the greatest mistakes I ever made. So that stuff is... gone and done. I am just so fucking happy to be here.

It started this way. I was trying to think of a great... birthday present about four years ago for her. And then I thought of something that we both absolutely adore. We're still Easterners in many ways. And even though I was born in Puerto Rico, but I was raised in New York City. And I said to her, how does this strike you?

It started this way. I was trying to think of a great... birthday present about four years ago for her. And then I thought of something that we both absolutely adore. We're still Easterners in many ways. And even though I was born in Puerto Rico, but I was raised in New York City. And I said to her, how does this strike you?

We go to Boston, rent a car, and drive through all the New England states that we can and watch the leaves turn, which is my idea of pure heaven. I've always loved that. She's always loved that. And she said, really? I said, yes. Why not? Why not? That's a present. Totally.

We go to Boston, rent a car, and drive through all the New England states that we can and watch the leaves turn, which is my idea of pure heaven. I've always loved that. She's always loved that. And she said, really? I said, yes. Why not? Why not? That's a present. Totally.

So I put her in charge because she's the organized one in charge of finding someone who would book us in little hotels, sometimes motels, and help us devise a map where we would get the most fun and the most eyeballing. That we could. It turned out to be such a success. We put on only Broadway musicals and sang the songs at the top of our lungs. Yes. We visited all the, oh God, I love New England.

So I put her in charge because she's the organized one in charge of finding someone who would book us in little hotels, sometimes motels, and help us devise a map where we would get the most fun and the most eyeballing. That we could. It turned out to be such a success. We put on only Broadway musicals and sang the songs at the top of our lungs. Yes. We visited all the, oh God, I love New England.

Isn't it divine? It really is marvelous. It's really marvelous. And the leaves are just outrageous. They're so gorgeous. Yes.

Isn't it divine? It really is marvelous. It's really marvelous. And the leaves are just outrageous. They're so gorgeous. Yes.

That, and we also had lots of lobster rolls. You know, all the stuff you can't really get here in California. Yes. And we ate at fabulous places. We ate at little places. Lots of crunching through leaves that had fallen. Oh, I'm telling you, I could do this for the rest of my life. Oh, how lovely.

That, and we also had lots of lobster rolls. You know, all the stuff you can't really get here in California. Yes. And we ate at fabulous places. We ate at little places. Lots of crunching through leaves that had fallen. Oh, I'm telling you, I could do this for the rest of my life. Oh, how lovely.