rita moreno with one of the world's handsomest men of color. ker: okay, interview over. ( laughter ) >> moreno: we're done. >> whitaker: can't do any better than that. okay, i just want to ask you about the obvious-- all of your honors and awards. >> moreno: ain't it grand? there's really a lot of stuff here. >> whitaker: because you've done a lot of stuff. >> moreno: every one of them surprised the living daylights out of me. but it's not about the awards. don't let that sound like i'm being modest. i am not modest. i know what i have earned. i'm up to my ass in some pretty spectacular acknowledgments.atms l of violet as anita in "west side story" was sheer willpower. >> moreno: i never stopped rehearsing. in fact, somebody told me recently that they were a dance extra on the mambo at the gym scene, and one of the girls turned to her when we had ten minutes off, and she says, "look at rita moreno. she's still rehearsing." she says, "that's what you have to do to become a star." >> whitaker: but what is it about you to have achieved this? >> mor