Moreno acknowledged that having attitude has contributed to her longevity—in show business and normally—”probably quite a bit.”
Summing up her approach, she explained, “I call it spreading joy. If I see someone on the road who has a fantastic jacket on, I do not mind just stopping and saying, ‘Excuse me, that’s a fantastic jacket, you may have good taste.’ I discovered in my life that that makes people very comfortable.”
Doing things that people tend to not do for one another anymore, like holding a door open or giving someone a hand on the supermarket, are among the many little gestures that go a great distance.
“And folks do not know who I’m,” she added. “Don’t assume that everyone knows who Rita Moreno is. They only know that any person was very kind to them on the supermarket and helped them with their packages. I really like doing that because I comprehend it makes the day of that person.”
The Prank is in theaters now.