Exclusive: Rita Moreno opens up about watching MLK improvise his 'I Have a Dream' speech in person -- and how current protests are creating change.
told ET's Deidre Behar."We were sitting literally, no more than 15 feet away from Dr. King. Harry Belafonte put together a Hollywood contingent, because he wanted Dr. King to know that there were people in our profession who were very serious and sincere about this whole business."
"I still can't talk about it without getting these giant goosebumps," Moreno expressed."It was so exciting and I remember looking [behind] me, where the pool is at the Washington Monument, and there were thousands and thousands of people. Most of them in overalls, who had walked to this event. Some of whom had taken buses. It was just the most."
"I worked on that script and I worked every nuance, every word to get it down to what I thought was perfect, as I thought I could do it," she shared."I went to the audition and the director was there with his minions around him. And I said, 'I can't wait to do this scene for you, because I think I have it. I know what to do with this.
Embarrassed and shocked, she couldn't believe that she was still being stereotyped."I did not know what to do. I didn't know what face to make, and after the blood came back to my head, I said to him, 'Uh, gee, I'm sorry.' And I was shaking. I was so humiliated. I said, 'I don't do Mexican whore house madams.'"
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